AIGC to shake up education industry

The ongoing technology advance, driven by artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC), a key technology behind ChatGPT, is expected to bring profound impact to the education industry, according to a senior company executive.

Li Yi, founder of Yuanbiancheng, an AI education startup, said that AI education is not only about studying AI but also about adapting to the AI era.

"AI education is a systematic project that involves enlightenment cognition, thinking training, hands-on practice and fusion innovations," Li said.

"Thus, it is unrealistic for children to learn abstruse AI knowledge at primary school, but it is necessary to prepare them for the corresponding abilities and understanding of AI," he added.

To help children learn about the latest progress of AI technology, Yuanbiancheng introduced the development of AIGC technology into curriculums, which according to him, serves as children's first AI lesson.

On the other hand, AIGC technology has been applied into the company's service platform, Li noted.

"For instance, if a child writes a piece of code and encounters a bug, he or she used to rely on the human teacher to guide him or her. Now, AIGC technology can automatically find the error and offer an adjustment plan," he explained.