Week 8 4364 Final Week

 Throughout 4364 I have learned many different tools and also have enhanced some of my knowledge and skills on other tools as well. One of the tools I enhanced was my ChatGPT skills. I have used ChatGPT for other BALT courses and a lot of my business classes. What I learned in this class was designing prompts better to tailor answers better for the questions I had. I even had it design a prompt that answered college basketball questions I had as a fan. Another big tool I had learned was enhancing my Python knowledge on Google Colab. I had worked with it in previous classes but definitely learned more things about language modeling and running different codes. I had used Gemini throughout it whenever I got stumped and that really helped me with some of the coding questions I had. These are some of the biggest skills I'll think I will take away from this class and something that I definitely think I will be using in the future. Another big take away I will have from this class and something that I have taken away from all my other BALT classes, and that is how fast Artificial Intelligence is growing. This is growth that needs to be noticed because it is impacting people's lives for the better and the worst. It is changing people's lives for the worst because it is replacing jobs, but it is also creating jobs for people as well. That is why it is so important to have knowledge of AI, having knowledge creates so many different opportunities for different jobs to be had. Overall, these are all the biggest takeaways I have taken away from this BALT class and others as well.

Week 7 4364 Automation of Engineering Roles

 The article posted explains how artificial intelligence is starting to change the jobs of the people who build it. AI tools like AutoML and code assistants are now helping create AI systems, which makes the process quicker and easier. This matters because there aren’t enough AI workers right now, especially in places like the U.S., Europe, and China. Because of this, companies are using these tools to get more done without needing as many people.

Even with more automation, AI jobs are not going away. Instead, they are just changing. Engineers are doing less repetitive work like coding and testing, and more high-level work like designing systems, reviewing results, and making sure AI is used the right way. The job is becoming more about thinking and decision-making instead of just building.

The article also mentions how countries like the U.S. and China are competing in AI. This could impact how fast technology improves and whether countries work together or not. Overall, the main idea is that AI won’t replace engineers, but it will change what they do. People who can mix technical skills with business or real-world knowledge will have the best opportunities going forward.