In 2025, reposition your career or business with AI (artificial intelligence). Why? In a Logic and Philosophy class (GST 103) as an undergraduate in Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria, my professor explained one of the most foundational postulations of Pythagoras: the universe is numbers. Thales, Heraclitus and other philosophers had different explanations, ranging from water to fire. But the Pythagoras’ explanation was supreme.
That lecture that day reminded me what happened in my first course in Physics in senior secondary, when Mr. Aham introduced us to the study of matter in relation to energy, as a subset of Natural Philosophy, and linking all to mathematics, the beautiful science of numbers. Simply, logic rules the world and every knowledge converges in philosophy, which means if you get a PhD in Chemistry, you have simply mastered logic and philosophy (the PHD title) in chemistry! So, at the height of knowledge, it is all about philosophy.
If we connect Pythagoras postulation and what AI (artificial intelligence) is doing today, we can see that AI is helping us to understand our world better, since if the world is made up of numbers, it does mean that the business of man and woman, is making sense of numbers.
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Hello, that is computing and now with intelligence. Is that not exciting? It has a promise to change the world, as calculating, processing, etc, has evolved from the age of abacus, slide rule, difference engine,…., to now AI.
AI will change the world, and as the Igbo Nation says “uwa bu ahia” [the world is a marketplace], it does imply that AI will change the marketplace. In other words, AI will change careers and businesses. But AI is not just about coding: think of how workers transitioned to Microsoft Word from typewriters, and how knowing how to use word processors like Microsoft Word is expected at workplaces. Yes, understanding how to use specific AI tools for your job will be as important as using Word and Excel at work. If you have no knowledge of any, it may be seen as a weakness.
In Q1 2025, get an AI tool that will help you improve productivity. Do not delay because companies by Q2 will be subtly introducing those as job requirements.
AI skill is the universal blue collar skill of the 21st century worker and employers, looking for productivity, will expect you to be ready
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Well, whatever makes your case impressive, you must acquire. You cannot be arguing the relevance of AI or lack thereof, while those who may hire you demand for it. Only those who are in competition can entertain the prospects of winning, else you are out. How does getting AI skills hurt your chances? If not, get them first, and argue later.