{"id":302604,"date":"2025-10-14T12:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302604\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:28:11","slug":"black-eyed-peas-singer-will-i-am-to-teach-new-asu-ai-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302604\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am to teach new ASU AI course"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Musician will.i.am, known for being the frontman of the Black Eyed Peas, is now taking on a new title: professor.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamangelfoundation.org\/about\/about-will-i-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">musician<\/a> worked with Arizona State University to create a course called The Agnetic Self, which focuses on artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the class is to teach students about preventing AI from taking human jobs.<\/p>\n<p>What is agentic AI?<\/p>\n<p>Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence that focuses on one specific area rather than general knowledge and acts autonomously.<\/p>\n<p>ASU Director of Media Relations Veronica Sanchez told\u00a0KTAR News 92.3 FM the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250924-university-news-william-teach-asu-class-agentic-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">class<\/a> will prepare students for the future of tech in the workforce, including jobs that haven\u2019t been created yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a two-part course. One part is general AI knowledge. The other part is really the creative side in a sense where the students will be able to build and design an AI companion,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<p>How will will.i.am\u2019s new ASU course work?<\/p>\n<p>The class will be a hybrid course taught out of will.i.am\u2019s Hollywood studio, with some students in-person and others joining the course online.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said this is part of ASU\u2019s efforts to create pathways for students to get ahead in future technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an incredible musician, but in the past 10 years, he\u2019s been doing a lot in the AI tech space,\u201d Sanchez explained. \u201cHe\u2019s an innovator in that space. He has been consulting with Fortune 100 companies in that space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The class will be 15 weeks and begin in the Spring 2026 semester.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for this journalism is made possible by the Arizona Local News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@shiratanzernews\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @@shiratanzernews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? 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