AI teachers become professors with a new educational project framework that is being applied at Hong Kong University. With the blending of conventional education with the latest AI technology in a historical trial, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) students are having the first run of this merger. The university crossed the boundaries of traditional education by creating AI-powered professors to give students digital tuition with added simulative and personalized learning features.
AI professors to transform education
At HKUST, a degree program comprises different courses, and human teachers give students a unique learning experience, both face-to-face and in the classroom, with AI-generated instructors. Led by Pan Hui, a professor, this initiative seeks to extend the capacity of teachers in education by identifying ways of introducing AI into teaching methods and providing solutions to global problems like the acute teacher shortage. Through AI, the university is creating an innovative, expert-focused approach to education that will set new precedents.
Features of AI professor
The feature of AI teachers is the convenience that they offer of teaching in a form that appeals to every student’s liking. Available for students with customizable avatars, lecturers can be virtual and similar to the different learning styles of a student. AI imitated by appearance, voice, or gestures that the student is allowed to associate with, they will be dealing with an AI that is similar to what he or she would prefer.
Professor Hui underlines the role of variety, as well as an immersive narrative mode as the entertainer in the artificial intelligence faculty putting avatars into the game where gender, ethnic origins, and academic role models from famous scientists like Albert Einstein or John Nash are incorporated, HKUST is trying to form a learning atmosphere where a student can meet people from all around the world. Another advantage is that immersive technologies, including VR headsets, provide a way to go on educational tours that are beyond the limits of conventional classrooms, and thus, students can develop a deeper perception of complex issues.
Acknowledgement of problems and intention-setting
While the integration of AI teachers does not seem like a fallacy in the context of educational processes, it does give rise to numerous concerns, such as cheating, plagiarism, and so on. However, the distance between AI and human professors makes the latter hope that AI will give a boost instead of taking over teaching.
As effective measures for detecting plagiarism and defining how these AI techniques can be used are introduced, teachers adapt to it, though they still honor the originality of academic work.
Along with educators worldwide who are faced with the impacts of generative AI, HKUST’s innovative strategy demonstrates the stimulating power of technology within education and prompts issues such as enhanced efficiency and equity in education. Through AI-powered innovations that enrich learning and deliver personalized experiences, the college is making stepping stones in that whole journey where students successively learn in the digital age.
