Abstract

The paper will be discussing the results of a study exploring the college going aspirants, currently
employed members and company owner incorporation with CEOs and current tech engineers. This
being a preliminary base to unfold how best AI can be a bridge to foster the gap between academicians
and careers opportunities (job security and enterpreneurship). Since this has been unveiled and
propelled by the recent pandemic which leads a number of Commerce sectors to engage on e-
commerce and high need for earning during such physical restricting atmosphere compelling industries
to employ Artificial Intelligence to enhance productivity and services provision. The data will be
collected by means of an online questionnaire, as primary source of data and some literature reviews as
secondary sources of data in such a manner that it will be subjected to qualitative and quantitative
analysis. The main focus being actuated at the extent to which AI can be an appropriate bridge between
academicians and industry as compared to the manual system of human intelligence.

Key words AI, E-commerce, physical restricting, bridging gap, academicians and industry/carrier
opportunities.

Introduction

Artificial intelligence is way of making a computer-controlled robot or software think intelligently as the
intelligent humans think. In the dynamic trend of technology and the related competition, where
individuals scrabble for life longing careers. Artificial intelligence in commerce tremendously stepped in
with heightened efficiency in diverse industries. Hence, the need to integrate AI in commerce, a big
stride from e-commerce to a more sophisticated technology. This is also the implementation of AI as a
bridge to eliminate peradventure of academicians on their approach to the future they are pioneering.
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As the expression, AI had gone viral it has also become more crucial and increasingly pervasive in
almost all aspect of life such as health care, biology, information technology, learning and business. In
reality, our daily lives involve frequent and continuous interactions with AI through various means. For
example the way we use our phones, like automatic correction of mistyped words based on user’s
typing habits. Practical uses for AI can also be found both within and outside homes, for example
driverless cars like Waymo and Tesla cars, voice recognition on phone securities and automated robots.
All belong to the phenomena technologies based on AI (Schwab 2016).

It is also used by TikTok to choose the next video shown to you , by Amazon to recommend products
when you are shopping online and even by Apple to unlock your phone via facial recognition. In every
case AI creates a solution based on high performance computing power analyzing vast amounts of data
but it can also do a lot more . it can help students and graduates plan for their next job, learning the
skills needed for the job , and these requirements are not static infact skill requirement are evolving
rapidly because of technology and business developments and disruptors occur at an unprecedented
rate. (Times High Education, Teck Hua Ho NUS 2022).
Objectives

The study seeks to get clarity on the integration of AI in commerce. This is formulated as follows:

-To understand the present status of e-commerce.

-To study the impact of AI in commerce.

-To show AI applications in commerce.

-To describe and evaluate real world applications of AI in commerce (the e-commerce) concerning their
usefulness and applicability to academicians and the industry.
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