Having Chatgpt Experience Could Trump A College Degree, Nearly Half The Business Leaders In A Survey Said

People who know how to use artificial intelligence could get a leg up in the job hunt.sorbetto/Getty ImagesIn a survey, 49% of business leaders said knowing how to use ChatGPT could top having a degree.About three-quarters of leaders say mandating the use of the AI tool can boost worker productivity.Despite this, 36% of respondents didn't see ChatGPT experience as more valuable than a degree.If you ask ChatGPT whether it makes more sense to learn how to use the artificial intelligence tool or go to college, you get a version of "It depends."If you ask corporate types, you get a more surprising ambivalence: In a recent survey, 49% of business leaders said that knowing how to chat up the chatbot could, in some cases, amount to more than four years of lectures and term papers.The early April survey of 800 senior managers, directors, and execs by Intelligent.com also found that eight in 10 regard ChatGPT experience as valuable for entry-level gigs.The results illustrate how quickly some bosses expect the technology will redraw the way work gets done, and also how readily some of them are rethinking degree requirements in favor of a show-me-what you-can-do approach.Huy Nguyen, chief education and career development advisor at Intelligent.com, told Business Insider that many execs see AI as a speedy way to boost productivity."They're thinking that if people have experience with chatGPT — generative AI — they can come in there and have an immediate impact on the business," he said.About three-quarters of respondents said they required ChatGPT experience for some entry-level jobs to increase how much workers could accomplish and to help employees learn.