Sharing his views on whether Singapore touted as the perfect test-bed for artificial intelligence (AI) applications across industries has a talent pool that can rise to the unpredictable challenges of implementation, SMU Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Practice) Jonathan David Chase said a traditional computer science degree is still “an excellent choice” for those interested in the technical aspects of AI. “To effectively apply AI to real-world problems, you need people who not only understand the technology, but can understand how it interacts with new problem domains,” he explained, adding that “studying both AI and fields such as law, economics, marketing and psychology develops a new dimension of capability that the modern job market is looking for.”