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☆ This is the No. 1 'most important' AI skill you need to know, says MIT expert: 'You can learn the basics in 2 hours'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"The single most important skill that everybody has pointed to is these two words: prompt engineering," Agarwal, the chief platform officer of multimillion-dollar education technology company 2U, tells CNBC Make It. Prompt engineering is essentially the skill of refining and inputting text commands for generative AI programs like ChatGPT. "How you ask for something [from a generative AI tool] is very critical," says Agarwal, the founder of online educational platform edX, which was acquired by 2U in 2021. Prompt engineering can particularly help prevent generative AI's biggest current drawback: regular occurrences of mistakes, fabricated information and other errors, all known as "hallucinations." A well-trained engineer "can stop [AI] from hallucinating by providing constraints," creating more accurate and efficient results, Agarwal says.

Persons: Anant Agarwal, Agarwal, He's Organizations: CNBC, MIT, CNBC Technology Locations: hallucinating

☆ Most company executives don't care if employees use ChatGPT to do a second job – as long as they get their work done
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

C-suite executives don't care if their workers use AI to do multiple jobs, a new edX survey finds. The findings come as companies seek to hire workers with AI expertise to boost productivity. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe freedom to work multiple jobs isn't the only perk employers are willing to grant their workers with AI chops. Workers familiar with AI may be expected to, say, create higher-quality work, or to produce higher volumes of work in a shorter amount of time. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs for executives, some have already encouraged their workers to learn how to use AI to boost their companies' bottom lines.

Persons: edX, execs, ChatGPT, —, Akash Nigam, Anant Agarwal Organizations: Service, Workers, Companies, Netflix, ChatGPT, CNBC Locations: Wall, Silicon, edX

☆ Nearly half of CEOs believe AI could replace their own jobs, says new poll—and 47% say that's a good thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nearly half of CEOs — 49% — say AI could effectively replace "most," or even "all," of their own roles, and 47% say it might even be a good thing, according to a survey from online education platform edX. The poll, published on Tuesday, surveyed 1,600 full-time U.S. workers, including 800 C-suite executives and CEOs, as well as 800 non-executive workers. "It is clear that a majority [of executives] think that AI is going to be transformative," he tells CNBC Make It. It could also tackle other CEO responsibilities, like analyzing market data and brainstorming ways to improve a business' operations, some experts say. Delegating those mundane tasks could help CEOs focus on "the things that make them CEOs ... vision and dreaming about new products and selling," Agarwal says.

Persons: Anant Agarwal, Agarwal Organizations: —, MIT, CNBC Technology, CNBC

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