the "ai digital person" principal appeared at the opening ceremony, and the "real" principal talked about the "power of progress"
2024-09-02
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china education online zhejiang station (reporter chen xianting, correspondent zhao lina) in recent days, primary and secondary schools in hangzhou have been extremely lively. here, new students are reporting for school, and there, old students are welcoming the new future. the scene is full of vitality.
on the first day of september, the jinxiu yucai middle school affiliated school in gongshu district, hangzhou, held its opening ceremony for the new school year. teachers and students sat in the gymnasium to welcome this ceremony that connects the past and the future.
reporters on the scene saw that in the "principal classroom" session, a wonderful "olympic" commentary video was played on the big screen. in the video, principal ding hangying was explaining the olympic spirit embodied by athletes such as quan hongchan and wang chuqin in the paris olympics, and encouraged the children to bravely surpass their limits, have the courage to realize their dreams, and the determination to not be afraid of failure.
however, what is puzzling is that in the hot summer, principal ding in the video actually wore a thick suit, as if he was spending the winter. there were also children around the reporter discussing quietly, and some raised questions, "we are all wearing short sleeves, why is principal ding wearing thick winter clothes?" "why does principal ding keep looking in one place?" "why is principal ding's jawline looming?"... indeed, after saying this, the reporter also found a lot of "flaws".
when the children were all confused, principal ding walked onto the stage and revealed the answer - the girl in the video was a digital person generated by ai. ai was applied to the school's opening ceremony, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to spot it.
“in the new semester, i hope everyone can feel the power of progress, embrace technological changes, and move forward like olympic athletes, toward higher, faster, and stronger.” at the scene, principal ding shared with the children the keyword of this semester - progress, and talked about the "power of progress."
"i hope every child can make progress." so how can we make progress? "we must constantly discover ourselves, understand ourselves, and encourage ourselves." principal ding said that true progress is not only the accumulation of knowledge, but also the improvement of thinking. he hoped that this opening ceremony would ignite the children's infinite desire for progress, thereby promoting their thinking ability to a higher level.
it is reported that at the opening ceremony in march this year, principal ding introduced the products of technological progress to teachers and students, such as chatgpt and sora. the idea of applying ai to the opening ceremony was also at the end of last semester, which can be said to be "another way".
"at the beginning of each new semester, we talk to the children about new expectations and a new future. in order to avoid repeating the same old things and making them difficult to understand, we thought of using ai to introduce the topic, so that the children can understand and accept the changes brought about by 'progress' and feel the power of 'progress'."
it is reported that the theme of this opening ceremony is "reciting the past and present with poetry". principal ding led the children to recite tagore's "influencing life with life" on the spot. she also sent a message to the children with a poem: may each of us live like a beam of light, blooming with all the beauty.
(editors: yu xinhua and zhao honghe)
