Maths anxiety may be stopping students from learning useful AI and data skills

By Meena Mehta Kotecha, Visiting Fellow, Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of everyday life and work. AI can generate information, summarise evidence and perform calculations. However, it does not remove the need for critical thinking and conceptual understanding.

Employers still need people who can evaluate outputs, recognise errors, interpret evidence and make decisions based on evidence. For example, an AI system might produce a convincing answer or graph. A person still needs to decide whether the information is accurate. Confidence with numbers, graphs and large data sets therefore remains essential.

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