Rise of the machines

IN the past few years, significant and rapid progress has been made in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It’s come to a point where students and their parents are understandably asking: “If I enrol in a particular degree, will I end up in a dead-end career because the job will eventually be done by machines?”

It’s a valid concern, particularly as the world becomes increasingly high-tech and digital. To seek knowledge, we no longer need to ask the teacher when Google, Alexa and Siri are at our beck and call.