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Kyla Pehr, Zach Calder Saint Louis University student Jagruth Reddy Palle knew artificial intelligence was a leading-edge industry and a promising area of study when it kept coming up at every technology conference he attended. But what really attracted him to the field was how human AI seemed. “It feels like you’re learning about yourself, in a way,” Palle said.

The international student from India, who has a background in electronics, opted to pursue a master’s in AI and devote the rest of his educational career to the topic. Currently, a record 2,400 students from India are studying at SLU at the same time that the Indian population in St. Louis has become the region’s fastest-growing group, according to SLU spokesperson Maggie Rotermund.



SLU’s master’s program is one of a small but growing number of university programs worldwide specializing in AI. In the U.S.

, the number of AI-related undergraduate and master’s degrees awarded has increased by about 120%, and doctorates have risen by a third since 2011, according to the Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology. In Reddy Palle’s native India, an entire school devoted to the field, Universal AI University, opened last year in Mumbai. Meanwhile, universities are increasingly offering AI courses or coursework.

MIT and the University of Michigan offer AI courses, the City Colleges of Chicago hold bimonthly classes taught by AI industry experts and the City University of London has an.

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