Chinese government introduces artificial intelligence into high school curriculum
In the summer of 2017, China announced its plan to become a world leader in AI, challenging the United States that dominated this technology. In this, China was not alone, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with Wired Magazine that the country would spend almost $ 2 billion on research and development in the field of AI.
As part of China’s plan for domination and creation of rules in the field of AI, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China issued a 28-page document “Three-Year Action Plan for the Development of a New Generation of the Artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020)” . The three-year plan sets out an aggressive plan. Chinese government on the use of AI (along with its own version of the lunar program "Apollo 11") in an attempt to raise national pride and make a technological breakthrough. The plan also substantiates the need to “speed up staff training” and “deepen the reforms of the system and mechanisms for training talents”. To achieve this goal, the Chinese government wants to attract and train highly qualified specialists for AI and innovative entrepreneurship in various ways and support the development of a group of leading talents and the search for first-class young talents.
Personnel training also requires large projects, encouraging participants and cooperation between schools and enterprises, colleges and universities in order to support the development of disciplines related to AI, to lead vocational schools to guide the development of industries that are in dire need of qualified personnel. To implement this educational goal in schools and colleges, the Chinese government is introducing a textbook called “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence”. The experiment starts in 40 high schools. The textbook outlines the history of the development of AI and how these technologies can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, autonomous driving, and public safety.
The textbook was written by order of the Chinese government to include this discipline in primary and secondary school. A textbook of nine chapters was written by a star cast of authors. The lead author is Tang Xiaoou, a professor of computer science at China University in Hong Kong and the leader of the most successful startup in the world in the field of AI SenseTime Group. The textbook details the history of the development of AI technology and some of its main applications, such as public safety systems with support for face recognition, as well as autonomous driving.
The first chapter of the book entitled “Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of a New Era” follows the story of a young man named Ming Ming in 2028. Every morning, he wakes up under the soothing voice of a virtual assistant, eats breakfast cooked by a culinary robot, and travels in a car without a driver. The book is available for sale on JD.com for 35 yuan ( $ 5.5 ).
As part of China’s plan for domination and creation of rules in the field of AI, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China issued a 28-page document “Three-Year Action Plan for the Development of a New Generation of the Artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020)” . The three-year plan sets out an aggressive plan. Chinese government on the use of AI (along with its own version of the lunar program "Apollo 11") in an attempt to raise national pride and make a technological breakthrough. The plan also substantiates the need to “speed up staff training” and “deepen the reforms of the system and mechanisms for training talents”. To achieve this goal, the Chinese government wants to attract and train highly qualified specialists for AI and innovative entrepreneurship in various ways and support the development of a group of leading talents and the search for first-class young talents.
Personnel training also requires large projects, encouraging participants and cooperation between schools and enterprises, colleges and universities in order to support the development of disciplines related to AI, to lead vocational schools to guide the development of industries that are in dire need of qualified personnel. To implement this educational goal in schools and colleges, the Chinese government is introducing a textbook called “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence”. The experiment starts in 40 high schools. The textbook outlines the history of the development of AI and how these technologies can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, autonomous driving, and public safety.
The textbook was written by order of the Chinese government to include this discipline in primary and secondary school. A textbook of nine chapters was written by a star cast of authors. The lead author is Tang Xiaoou, a professor of computer science at China University in Hong Kong and the leader of the most successful startup in the world in the field of AI SenseTime Group. The textbook details the history of the development of AI technology and some of its main applications, such as public safety systems with support for face recognition, as well as autonomous driving.
The first chapter of the book entitled “Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of a New Era” follows the story of a young man named Ming Ming in 2028. Every morning, he wakes up under the soothing voice of a virtual assistant, eats breakfast cooked by a culinary robot, and travels in a car without a driver. The book is available for sale on JD.com for 35 yuan ( $ 5.5 ).
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/358782/
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