[giantg2]

In my opinion, the only reason you need a degree is to pass the resume screen. Yes, they are helpful for learning the fundamental concepts which are necessary to perform the job, but you could learn those in other ways too. When it comes to IT, almost every job will require on the job learning regardless of your degrees due to the plethora of technologies that are in use today and even the variance in how they are deployed at each company. You would be better off taking coursera courses and working on an AI project to show experience in that field.