Student Hesitancy Toward Practical AI Skills

In an AI‑focused design sprint course, many bright students entered with trepidation and actively avoided certain AI‑adjacent projects (the author notes none chose a 'vibe‑coding' option). This suggests uptake of hands‑on AI workflows among some cohorts is uneven, not automatic, even when institutions push practical training. — If students resist applied AI training, colleges' attempts to retool curricula and employers' expectations about AI literacy will mismatch, affecting hiring pipelines and inequality in job access.