[AIGC Reshapes Education] In the era of AI explosion, how will young people in the future gain opportunities and competitiveness?

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The AI wave is coming

This time, the wolf really came.

AI is rapidly changing our lives. According to a report released by Goldman Sachs, AI has the potential to replace 300 million full-time jobs, affecting 18% of global jobs. In Europe and the United States, perhaps a quarter of the work can be completed with AI. Another Statista report predicts that AI will create 2.3 million jobs and eliminate 1.8 million jobs in 2023 alone.

The education field is inevitably affected by AI. There is a famous saying in the field of chess: "Only by playing games with wise people can you improve." This also reflects the core of education: only by interacting, communicating and learning with the best can you improve yourself. As an undeniable wise person, AI has the potential to become our best teacher. AI can provide personalized learning plans and has unlimited patience, which can help students overcome difficulties and achieve self-improvement. This is exactly the goal pursued by education, and it is also difficult for ordinary teachers to achieve. For example, there are already many AI-based coaching systems in the chess field, such as Chess, Lichess, Chessable, etc. These systems can provide customized training plans, feedback and recommendations based on each student's level, progress and preferences. They can also simulate opponents of different styles and levels, allowing students to improve their skills in actual combat. These systems can not only help beginners get started, but also help experts advance, which was unimaginable in the past.

In the AI era, repetitive tasks are reduced, which is of great significance to education. AI may seriously affect certain industries. For example, translation will face huge challenges. With the development of online translation services such as Google Translator and Baidu Translator, it will become increasingly difficult for human translators to compete with machines. Google Translator has reached human-level translation quality between English and French, according to a study. People are gradually realizing that repetitive tasks can be completed by machines, and they should invest their energy in innovation, thinking and learning to enhance their unique value. Therefore, education should focus more on cultivating creativity rather than making students just obey rules. Only those who are good at independent thinking and dare to make breakthroughs can gain a foothold in a diversified and rapidly changing world.

AI and education

Obviously, under the influence of AI, educators should focus on cultivating students' creativity and independent thinking abilities and helping students establish correct values. Cook once said: "I am not worried about AI making computers think like humans, but I am worried about humans thinking like computers."This will allow us to be replaced by machines in the AI era. For example, in the field of art, generative AI has been able to generate amazing works, such as DALL·E's image generation, OpenAI's text generation, Magenta's music generation, etc. Although these works are highly technical and creative, they lack human emotion and creativity. Therefore, educators should encourage students to use their imaginations to create meaningful and impactful works.

So, with AI, will dedicated educators no longer be needed? Does this mean education should disappear? But in fact, it's not. The purpose, methods and assessment of education will change dramatically, but education itself will not disappear.

Education is a time-honored activity, and whenever new technologies emerge, there are always concerns about the relevance of educators. Take university education as an example. Although the emergence of radio, television and the Internet have made people question the necessity of university education, in fact university education still exists and continues to adapt to the social environment and development trends. Therefore, when the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer, generative pre-training) model appears, we cannot simply think that universities will die. On the contrary, education will become more equitable and knowledge acquisition easier. For example, online education platforms such as Coursera, edX, Udemy, etc. provide a wealth of course resources, allowing people to learn the knowledge they are interested in or need anytime and anywhere. These platforms not only lower the cost and threshold of learning, but also expand the scope and depth of learning. Through these platforms, people can contact outstanding teachers and experts from all over the world and in various fields, and obtain the latest and most cutting-edge knowledge and skills.

In this process of change, teachers will no longer be just transmitters of knowledge, but will need to assume more roles. They will become students' guides, counselors and spiritual mentors, helping students maintain clear thinking in the flood of information, better understand the world, and find their own interests and values. For example, in MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), teachers must not only design interesting and effective course content and activities, but also stimulate students’ interest in learning and enthusiasm for participation . Teachers also need to communicate and interact with students through online forums, video conferences, group projects, etc., answer their questions and confusion, and give them feedback and suggestions. In addition, teachers should also pay attention to students' psychological and emotional states, help them overcome obstacles in learning, and cultivate their self-confidence and independent learning abilities.

Education will be more comprehensive, focusing on developing students' creativity, critical thinking and communication skills. The classroom will also transform from traditional teaching methods to a more interactive learning environment, allowing students to fully participate in discussions and practices, improving learning interest and effectiveness. In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education, AI can provide more simulation and experimental scenarios, allowing students to learn through hands-on operations, exploration and discovery, trial and error feedback, etc. Learn basic concepts and principles. AI can also provide more opportunities for collaboration and competition, allowing students to exercise their creativity, critical thinking and communication skills through teamwork, project production, competition selection, etc.

At the same time, education will no longer be limited to schools and classrooms, but will be integrated into all aspects of life. With the popularization of AI technology, we can obtain knowledge anytime and anywhere. Education will focus more on cultivating independent learning capabilities so that we can remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world. In daily life, we can interact with AI through voice or image through smartphones, smart speakers, smart glasses and other devices to obtain the information we need or are interested in. We can also use AI to manage our time, tasks, health, etc., to improve efficiency and quality of life. At work, we can use AI to assist in completing some complex or repetitive tasks and improve the accuracy and efficiency of the work. We can also use AI to acquire the latest and most relevant knowledge and skills to improve professionalism and competitiveness.

Advantages of AI

In addition, AI will help solve the problem of imbalance in educational resources and allow more people to enjoy high-quality education. With the help of AI technology, we can break down geographical and language barriers and allow knowledge and resources to flow freely around the world. This will improve global education standards, reduce educational inequality, and allow more people to have better development opportunities. In developing countries or remote areas, many children are unable to receive basic education or high-quality education due to a lack of qualified teachers and facilities. Through AI technology, we can provide distance education or intelligent tutoring for these children, so that they can have access to excellent teachers and content, and conduct personalized learning according to their own progress and level. Functions such as multi-language translation or speech recognition provided by AI can also allow them to cross language barriers and communicate and cooperate with people from different countries or with different cultural backgrounds.

In an era when AI continues to penetrate into all walks of life, the field of education is also undergoing a transformation. This is not only reshaping the way learners learn, but also changing the roles of parents and educators. This book came into being under this background, trying to answer a key question: How to find the best educational strategy in the AI wave to ensure children's competitiveness in the future society?

I firmly believe that parents’ understanding, acceptance and participation are indispensable for children to successfully adapt to the AI era. AI may make many people uneasy or fearful, but by gaining a deeper understanding of how it works and its possible impacts, we believe we can turn fear into power. To this end, this book analyzes in detail the specific application of AI in education and its profound impact on learning methods.

In future education, parents will transform from their traditional role as a bridge between children and schools to becoming partners in their children's learning. Parents need to look at education with new eyes as a lifelong, ubiquitous process, and regard AI as an important auxiliary tool in this process.

I hope that through "AIGC Reshaping Education" this book, parents can deeply understand and master the strategies to help their children learn in the AI era. Ensure that they can proactively face the opportunities and challenges brought by AI while avoiding its potential risks. Only with the participation of the whole society can we fully tap the potential of AI and build a better educational environment.

Author: Liu Wenyong

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This article is excerpted from "AIGC Reshaping Education: Educational Change and Practice Driven by AI Large Models", published by Machinery Industry Press

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