Artificial intelligence (AI) has become important in many areas. Now China wants to bring AI into schools as part of an educational reform.
The English-language magazine Reuters reports that China wants to use artificial intelligence in schools. This aims to improve teaching and textbooks at all levels of schooling. China hopes to become a “strong education nation” by 2035.
Artificial Intelligence is to Become a Central Component of the Curriculum
Why is this being done? The Chinese Ministry of Education believes that promoting artificial intelligence would help to “cultivate the basic skills of teachers and students” and shape the “central competitiveness of innovative talents.”
Basic skills refer to independent thinking, problem-solving, communication, and cooperation. The use of artificial intelligence would also lead to more innovative and demanding teaching, the ministry stated further.
The efforts are already being intensified by the fact that AI courses are already being offered at Chinese universities. Due to the strong boost from the AI tool DeepSeek, which particularly surprised the US competitors, enrollments for these courses have increased significantly.
In Germany, many people are rather skeptical of artificial intelligence. This is reported by a research paper on the spread and acceptance of AI (via bidt.digital):
- For 18% of respondents, the opportunities outweigh the risks.
- 46% of respondents believe that the opportunities and risks of generative AI are balanced.
- 26% see mainly risks in the use of artificial intelligence.
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