Smoot: Education should emphasize fostering innovation, global perspectives in AI era

Nobel Laureate in Physics George F. Smoot recently interacted with Chinese educators and young students in Beijing to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence development on the future of education.

Smoot was in Beijing over the weekend at the U8 World Innovation Summit, founded by Chinese students from eight of the world's top universities: Tsinghua University and Peking University in China; Oxford University and Cambridge University in Britain; and Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology in the United States.

"The summit aims to create a global dialogue platform with 'Technology for Good' as its core principle, exploring the future directions of innovation and sustainable development," said Yue Xin, founder of Collegeland education.