AI is changing the world, but the core of education has never changed
The rise of AI has made "tools" more powerful than ever. It can help humans write code, create, translate, analyze data - almost anything. But in this era of rapid change, what is truly irreplaceable is still people's thinking, judgment and humanistic accomplishment.
Teacher Ding Cheng started from the history of human development: from the initial reliance on muscles and bones to the invention of tools, human beings have continuously improved their productivity through external forces. The emergence of AI is the first revolution in history to "expand brain power".
"People who don't know how to use AI will be replaced by people who can use AI," he said, "but mastering AI is only the starting point, and knowing how to talk to AI and how to guide AI to produce valuable results is the ability to be cultivated in education." ”
To do this, children need to have three qualities:
1️⃣ Extensive knowledge and cultural accumulation - Because behind the prompts of AI, human experience, insight, and thinking framework are required.
2️⃣ Clear logic and expression skills - "programming language" will be natural language. Whoever can express it clearly will be able to let AI create greater value for itself.
3️⃣ Judgment and aesthetic ability - AI can give you a hundred answers, but only humans can judge which is "right".
At the same time, Teacher Dingcheng reminded: "The more powerful the AI, the more humans need to protect the communication between people."
Children must not only learn to use AI, but also learn to cooperate, communicate, and empathize with others - these are core humanity that cannot be replaced by any algorithm.
He pointed out that today's education pays too much attention to the transfer of skills and knowledge, but ignores "psychological construction" and "wisdom of life".
"The end of education is not just to make a living, but to know how to live."
This is also the concept that has always run through the Tongle curriculum - each lesson incorporates a little "wisdom of life", so that children can learn the language while also learning to understand the relationship between people and the world.
epilogue
AI is changing the world, but the core of education – fostering the ability to think, express and understand – has never changed.
In the future, only children with both humanity and rationality, tools and temperature can truly control AI, not be replaced by it.
Thoughts for parents
In an era where AI can write, program, and create, how can we help children maintain the temperature and judgment of "human" in the flood of information?
The end of education is not just to make a living, but to know how to live. And this kind of "understanding" comes from the companionship of family, in-depth communication and cultural nourishment.
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