If you’re familiar with technology at any level, chances are you’ve heard the term artificial intelligence or AI before. However, in many businesses, AI represents the next step in an industry standard and a necessary step for growth.
In fact, as many as 2 in every 3 leaders only hire someone with some level of AI skills. Unfortunately, the supply is struggling to meet demand, as there is a 50% hiring gap in AI jobs and AI job roles. So what is causing this disparity?
Out of the 81% of IT professionals who think they can use AI, it is estimated only a slim 12% have the ability to effectively engineer AI prompts. For this reason, 60% of IT decision makers claim AI is their largest skill deficit and 70% of global workers need to upgrade their AI proficiency. It is because of these staggering statistics that 72% of IT leaders believe AI skill gaps are an urgent issue that must be addressed now.
Fortunately, the rise in AI also means the rise in AI courses. Techniques like chain-of-thought, generated knowledge prompting, least to most prompting, are just a few of the key ways that an AI learns how to be much more responsive and smarter. This, alongside many more, are available online so that you can keep up with the industry standard in AI prompt engineering.
Companies like YU Global are leading the way by offering courses at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Whether it’s a simple intro or AI for financial management or marketing, there are courses out there for you.
Best of all, these courses can be proficiently learned anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks. Regardless of the field that you’re in, adding AI to your skill set is a great way to make sure you succeed.
