New AI degree program at Central Piedmont Community College [Video]

The new two-year associate degree program aims to prepare students to be ready for both jobs and transferring to four-year schools to expand their studies.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As technology advances, the things that artificial intelligence (AI) can do also expand. From generating images with simple text prompts to holding more human-like conversations as chatbots, AI is set to become more integrated across the workforce.

Central Piedmont announced Tuesday it would open a new associate degree program in artificial intelligence at the start of the Fall 2024 semester. This makes Central Piedmont only the second community college in North Carolina to offer such a degree program.

“We’ve identified a critical need in our industry area,” said Joseph Little, Associate Dean of Technology at Central Piedmont, “to train students to have skills in artificial intelligence, to support the need in the industry as AI is a trending and very disruptive technology …

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