In the face of the current AI revolution, Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides recently cautioned against blindly studying STEM subjects and emphasised the need to foster creativity skills which he considers increasingly valuable in the workplace of tomorrow. Pointing in a similar direction, the World Economic Forum identifies creative thinking and AI as two essential future skills. This ECIU Challenge creates a learning context in which students in STEM and other areas of study can train these two skills. In order to develop a relevant and sustainable solution to a challenge revolving around creativity in the era of AI, it is necessary to combine insights from different domains and disciplines. The course provides an environment in which the students bring their different disciplinary backgrounds and skills to the table to collaboratively work on such a solution.
At the end of the seminar, a student delegation will get the opportunity to present their results at an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Cambridge.
