Science and Technology Daily (reporter Luo Yunpeng, correspondent Zhang Zheang, Lin Shuyuan, Deng Huiyi) In late March, the reporter learned from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology that the school designed 10 "AI lecturers" with different cultural backgrounds based on artificial intelligence. The school hopes to use "AI lecturers" to innovate teaching models, stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning, and increase classroom participation. It also hopes to design personalized "AI classrooms" based on students' preferences and interests in the future.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the "AI Lecturer" was developed by a team led by Xu Bin, Chair Professor of Computational Media and Art at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and Director of the Metaverse and Computational Creativity Research Center of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It uses virtual images. Teach students. Their independently developed 3D action generation system makes the movements of the produced "AI lecturer" smoother and more natural. The R&D team collects student feedback after each class to understand the impact of "AI lecturers" with different styles, languages and expression methods on students' learning effects, and makes targeted adjustments to the "AI lecturers".
Xu Bin said that "AI lecturers" not only bring new learning experiences to students, but also bring new research directions to digital teaching. "'AI lecturers' can complement each other with teachers, making some boring topics more interesting, and can also meet the diverse learning needs of students and help teachers explore new teaching models," Xu Bin said.
It is reported that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has arranged for "AI lecturers" to teach part of the "Creative Social Media" course. The teaching content includes using social media to improve storytelling skills, understanding the impact of social media on society, etc., allowing students to master the characteristics of social media and learn how to Use multimedia technology to conduct relevant academic research. This course is offered to students in Hong Kong and Guangzhou campuses for remote and synchronous teaching.
In addition, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will vigorously build a smart campus and launch "AI Campus Ambassadors" to conduct voice interaction with students and answer various questions about their study and life. (Science and Technology Daily)