Nearly half—42 percent—of college-eligible students say that artificial intelligence will influence which career they pursue⁽¹⁾, and 10 percent report that they have already changed their planned major due to concerns about AI, according to a report released⁽²⁾ Tuesday.

周二发布的一份报告显示，近半数（42%）具备大学入学资格的学生表示，人工智能会影响自己的职业选择；另有10%的学生称，因担忧人工智能带来的冲击，已更改原定报考专业。

“AI is upending the value equation in higher education,” said Pam Royall, head of research at the education consultancy EAB and co-author of the report. “Colleges must prove they’re preparing graduates by offering experiential learning and emphasizing in-demand, durable job skills that are less likely to become obsolete⁽³⁾ in an AI-driven economy.”

教育咨询机构 EAB 研究主管、该报告合著者帕姆・罗亚尔指出：“人工智能正在颠覆高等教育的价值平衡。高校必须证明自身具备人才培养能力，开设体验式学习课程，着重培养市场紧缺、长期适用的职业技能——这类技能在人工智能主导的经济环境中不易被淘汰。”

In an annual survey conducted⁽⁴⁾ in February and March, EAB surveyed 9,516 students who were eligible⁽⁵⁾ to enroll at a college for the fall 2025 term about their college plans. About nine in 10 of the survey respondents said they attend or are planning to attend college—the same share as the previous two years, but a decrease from 2015, when 98 percent of respondents said the same.

EAB于今年2至3月开展年度调研，面向9516名具备2025年秋季大学入学资格的学生，了解其升学规划。约九成受访者表示正在就读或计划就读大学，该比例与前两年持平，但较2015年有所下滑；2015年这一比例高达98%。

Their attitudes about AI’s impact⁽⁶⁾ reflect those captured in other surveys; for example, a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll released earlier this month showed that 47 percent of students have thought about switching their major either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” amid the rise of AI.

学生对人工智能影响的看法，与其他多项调查结果高度吻合。例如，盖洛普咨询公司与卢米纳基金会本月初发布的民调显示，随着人工智能的兴起，47%的学生曾深度或适度考虑转专业。

“I planned to be a therapist, but the way the world is going, by the time I obtain my degree, AI will have my job,” one student wrote in their response to the EAB survey. Another student said that “after seeing AI replacing entry-level jobs,” they switched their major from computer science to electrical and computer engineering.