The buzz around artificial intelligence, data and technology generally isn’t lost on higher education leader Michael Edmondson. He doesn’t expect New Jersey’s business executives have missed the hype, either.
But, if you think that means those executives know what these advanced tech tools are, what they’re doing, what they’re capable of … Edmondson wouldn’t say that’s a safe assumption. Leaders of divisions, branches and offices in New Jersey, frankly, don’t understand what something like AI really entails, he said, never mind how they can use it.
But, there’s no doubt about it: They’re getting an education in all of that and more.
Edmondson leads the Learning and Development Initiative, a collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology and its New Jersey Innovation Institute. His organization is one of many educational and training opportunities in the state that have emerged to better prepare those in business for the high-tech climate of nearly all industries.
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