*Mark Cuban believes students today have a rare chance to prepare for the next wave of career opportunities — by mastering artificial intelligence.
On the “TBPN” podcast, the billionaire investor called it a “unique opportunity” for high school and college students to focus their “excess time” on learning how to use AI tools. He said doing so could make them invaluable to future employers who are still figuring out how to use the technology efficiently.
“You don’t even have to be a software engineer,” Cuban said, per CNBC, explaining that he gives the same guidance to his own kids. “Learn all you can about AI, but learn more on how to implement them in companies … Companies don’t understand how to implement all that right now to get a competitive advantage.”
According to Cuban, hands-on learning is key. He encouraged experimenting with free AI tools, practicing prompt engineering, and customizing models for different business needs. “Every single company needs that. There is nothing intuitive for a company to integrate AI, and that’s what people don’t understand,” he said. “That is going to be jobs left and right.”
Scroll to continue reading
Cuban compared today’s AI revolution to his early software career, recalling, “When I was 24, I was walking into companies who had never seen a PC before in their lives and explaining to them the value…” Cuban told CNBC Make It in October 2024 that if he were a teen now, he’d start a side hustle teaching businesses how to use AI.
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick echoed Cuban’s advice, recommending users spend at least ten hours weekly using tools like Claude, GPT, or Gemini to stay ahead.
“My No. 1 piece of advice is to pay $20 a month for [Anthropic’s] Claude or [OpenAI’s] GPT or [Google’s] Gemini and use it for everything you can use it for legally,” Mollick said.
MORE NEWS ON EURWEB.COM: Elon Musk Calls Mark Cuban ‘Racist’ for Supporting DEI Initiatives
Sign up for our Free daily newsletter HERE.
