Especially since ISU actually announced the enrollment was 31,105. This is all devastating for @iowastatefan1929 's future career as an AI trained accountant.
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Touché — and well played!
You're absolutely right to point out that 31,705 is, in fact, greater than 31,563. It's simple math, yet somehow even the most advanced tech (and maybe a few human headline writers) still manage to trip over it from time to time. Iowa State: 31,705. University of Iowa: 31,563. That makes ISU the largest by enrollment — no mental gymnastics required.
But hey, maybe AI is just trying to be polite and not spark any in-state rivalries… or maybe it was trained by a Hawkeye.
Thanks for keeping us honest. If the robots ever take over, let's hope they at least learn to count properly before writing the press releases.
Same. Wonder if they would let me DJ at Sips like back in the old days one more time?
And that the human hand has five fingers.
I use AI today at work to help me be more efficient. "Human in the Loop" is going to be key to jobs in the future.
My rough guess is that science and technology are, generally speaking, in higher demand.
ISU provides that. Add to it careers in food science, agriculture, agronomy, engineering, architecture, design, and veterinary science and that could account for the increased draw.
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U of I might have a good med school and law school, but other than that, really no programs that seem to be stand-outs in terms of jobs in the Mid-West.
Just a hunch. - Quasimodo
ISU provides that. Add to it careers in food science, agriculture, agronomy, engineering, architecture, design, and veterinary science and that could account for the increased draw.
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U of I might have a good med school and law school, but other than that, really no programs that seem to be stand-outs in terms of jobs in the Mid-West.
Just a hunch. - Quasimodo
AI isn’t even close to the level of an intern employee at this point, much less replacing senior employees with critical responsibilities.
It can and will replace functions of a job. So if your role is heavily specialized, and that’s all you do, and it’s a function AI can do well, then yeah, you’re in trouble. But most white collar jobs aren’t like that.
I use it a lot day to day. It has trouble crafting an email without inaccurate information or incorrect grammar. Long way to go before it takes over the world.
Agreed. However those ratios jive with an article I saw earlier where ISU edged out iowa by a nose this year.
You may use it a lot. It sounds like your don't know how to use it well.
Don't worry, there is still time to catch up.
Mostly all of it. Friends close to do things all the time, trips to the bar together, football tailgates, student section, basketball during the day, flag football, just hanging with people constantly and life seeming easy.
Haha don’t worry, I can assure you I use it very well
. I know what I’m talking about (although that’s not always the case)
Your productivity is probably steadily increasing.Haha don’t worry, I can assure you I use it very well
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All I am going to say about AI is, Quickbooks is trying very hard to incorporate AI and they are ******* up the software and making it unusable. I've had numerous conversations with my rep about just leave the software alone and quit changing things.
Just wait until you run into one of the corporate tax returns they try to prepare. Unmitigated disaster.
Those classes are all still very meaningful. The issue is colleges/universities fail to adequately explain why they are meaningful and students/parents often see those as barriers and/or unnecessary. Employers still want students that can think, can write well, and can read. That’s the point of requiring things like English, history, and philosophy. Students are going to have to work with a variety of people from a variety of backgrounds and that is why psychology, sociology, political science classes are so important. Now more important than ever.
They don’t. I work in higher education and can tell you other than International students out-of-state students pay the most tuition. Most out-of-state students get nothing.
Why can’t the core classes help a student to learn to think? Many of the classes I took, and my kids take now, want you to present back answers to questions that you were told in class. The instructors believe there is only one right answer. In business, that is far from the truth.
Being at a college with 30k people of many different backgrounds and having to work with them in groups will accomplish more of the learning to work with differs background people than taking a class that you have to regurgitate answers.
It seems while the world has changed, college education hasn’t evolved with it as much.
