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[Global Times Comprehensive Report] A British school is trying to use an artificial intelligence (AI) system to teach core courses such as English and mathematics, which has sparked widespread discussion in the British education community.

According to the British Daily Mail on the 10th, the David Game Academy in London conducted this bold pilot. When the school offers core courses such as English and mathematics, it does not use formal teachers to teach on site like in traditional classrooms, but allows students to learn relevant knowledge by interacting with the AI ​​system with the help of laptops. However, although the teacher has become AI, there will still be real assistants on site to maintain order in the classroom.

The school's principal, Dalton, said that this educational program, code-named "Hummingbird," is a huge leap forward. He believes that AI teachers can more easily find students' weaknesses in learning science and engineering than real teachers, and can guide students to improve their studies in a targeted manner. The school will even continue to use this teaching method to help students cope with the British secondary academic level exams for entering high school. However, AI teachers cannot yet teach courses such as art and sex education.

The pilot "AI classroom" has sparked a lot of opposition. McGovern, the head of a teacher group called the "Real Education Movement", told the media that he does not oppose the use of AI to assist teachers in teaching, but he believes that real teachers are more able to perceive students' emotions and guide them. If machines replace humans in education, it may be very detrimental to students' mental health. However, Dalton said that his original intention of introducing AI teaching was not to take away the jobs of formal teachers. The Daily Mail reported last year that many teachers in the UK have used AI to make courseware, draw pictures and correct homework to save time and communicate more with students face to face. (Liang Youzhi)