AI is reshaping tech careers. But it will not kill off the value of a STEM degree, according to Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis.
He made the comments at a London business conference, in a video published on Wednesday. Knowing the fundamentals of software gives you an edge with AI, he told the audience, Business Insider reported.
“You absolutely needed to lean into STEM and computer science,” Hassabis said. He framed AI as the next programming language, after machine code, C and Python. The future, he suggested, may be plain English.
Fundamentals still matter
Even so, the basics do not go away. “You’re still going to need to know about architecting things and best software engineering practices,” he said.
