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e an sk lls in AI
is no a l ar
re uirement. C ersecurity sk lls, i eral, a in ge de and, b AI
sk lls in ge de ersecurity ar re lly in cy de and — a y 2 st dy of so e 54 00 cy ersecu-
ri y jo ap licants fo nd th t on y on e
pe cent ha re evant AI sk lls. S h sh rt-
ag s co e at a s a i e wh n sp nding in
i wo kplace on AI
based cy ersecurity
so utions is ex ected to in rease by mo e
th n 20 pe cent a 2 e f r fo th ne t fi e
ye rs, r ching so e $6 bi lion by 20 8.
Y ca ge st rted no wi h th fo -
lo ing st ps:
1. R d up on ba ep ic AI co cepts, l e
th di fference be ween ma hine le rning
an de p le rning
an rning, h ne ral ne works
fu ction, a th im ortance of fe ding
th ri al ht ki ds of da a se s in o th ri al o-
ri hms th t dr ve AI op rations.
2 L rn th ri ht pr graming la -
gu ge. A le st tw -thirds of co puter
op rating sy tems ar wr tten in s C n d
C+ , w ch ar un afe pr gramming
la guages – y hon, J a, S ft, a d
Ru t bu ld st onger an d
Ru sa er pr grams,
s pl n to in lude th se in lu yo r st dies.
3 D elop an un in erstanding of th e
so ial an et ical di ensions th t su -
ro nd th wa s AI fu ctions in ou da ly
li es. I acts ca ex end to lo s of pr -
va y, i erent bi s in er
AI
sy tems, a d
th eats to pe ple’s li elihoods fr m th e
in ursion of AI
in o th ir jo fu ctions.
F th se wh de elop th m, A sk lls
ca tu bocharge ca eer pr spects in cy -
be security. T y ca la d yo at th e
le ding ed e of a n fi i t ld th t is cr cial to
tecting no on y ou on ine se ves at
e an at ho wo on k bu al o na ional in er-
es s li e ec nomic co petitiveness an d
ho eland se urity. T re is no hing ar ifi-
ci l ab ut th me ning, p pose, a re -
wa ds th t ca ac rue fr m ma ing AI t of
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