ai "gifts" to national day, what is included in zhejiang university's new artificial intelligence general course
2024-10-04
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during this year’s national day, wu chao, a permanent associate professor and researcher at the school of public administration of zhejiang university and director of the computational social science research center, used ai painting tools to generate a set of pictures to celebrate the motherland’s birthday.
by inputting elements such as "tiananmen", "white dove" and "ribbon" into the tool as prompt words, ai can automatically generate the required images through diffusion and noise reduction. this is also one of the course contents of the artificial intelligence general course of zhejiang university.
this fall and winter semester, zhejiang university for the first time offers a multi-level general course on artificial intelligence for undergraduates in different disciplines. it is one of the first universities in the country to offer a general course on artificial intelligence.
wu chao used ai to generate a national day poster. photo provided by interviewee
"this video is generated by the wensheng video model. it can automatically generate some imaginative and creative videos based on some instructions provided by the user." recently, in the artificial intelligence general course of zhejiang university, the teacher said to the students were shown a video automatically generated by artificial intelligence.
this video shows a beautiful ecological picture. the images of various animals are lifelike, running or jumping, and the texture of the hair on their bodies is clearly visible. however, this video was not shot live by a professional photographer, but a "non-physical performance" of artificial intelligence. by entering a series of simple commands, the text can be "translated" in the form of a video, eliminating the need for on-site framing and editing. the teacher showed the students the charm of various artificial intelligences in this class.
teacher zhang kejun’s artificial intelligence class. photo courtesy of zhejiang university
in terms of curriculum, the artificial intelligence general course covers the concepts, technologies, operations and specific cases of artificial intelligence, involving cutting-edge fields such as machine learning algorithms, deep learning, and large language models. it helps students better understand artificial intelligence from theory to practice. intelligence and be able to apply it as a tool in their own professional learning.
teacher zhu chaoyang from the school of medicine of zhejiang university demonstrated to the students in class how to use "wen xin yiyan" to solve problems that students may encounter in professional learning such as cell culture experimental design and pbs buffer configuration. teacher zhang kejun from the school of computer science and technology worked with students in class to compare and analyze the differences between chinese paintings created by painters and chinese paintings generated by ai, as well as music composed by musicians and music generated by ai.
wei peng, a sophomore from zhejiang university guanghua law school, told reporters that through the first month of study, he has a better understanding of concepts, principles and research issues related to artificial intelligence.
in wu chao's eyes, understanding artificial intelligence can better adapt to changes brought about by technological development, which is especially true for students in humanities and social sciences. "social science is a discipline that studies people and society. with the development of artificial intelligence, social forms and social rules will undergo tremendous changes. whether they are scholars or students studying social sciences or people engaged in social work, they must understand this technology. moreover, artificial intelligence learning can cultivate students’ abstract, mathematical modeling thinking and better adapt to an increasingly complex world.”
today, artificial intelligence is developing rapidly and has been closely integrated with our daily learning and life. "in the field of education, artificial intelligence can analyze learning data and enhance educational effects through personalized learning and intelligent tutoring. the media can also use video to generate large models to realize intelligent practice of content creation." teacher chen jingyuan from the school of education was in class introduce it to your classmates. in this context, university education needs to put forward higher requirements for artificial intelligence.
students taking an artificial intelligence class. photo courtesy of zhejiang university
in order to adapt to the backgrounds and needs of different students, the artificial intelligence general course offered this time is divided into three levels: abc. among them, course a is for students in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine with a certain programming foundation, course b is for students in humanities and social sciences, and course c is for students in humanities and arts.
this hierarchical course method facilitates students to choose appropriate courses according to their professional background and learning needs, and can better use artificial intelligence to serve the study and research of this major.
wei peng has always been interested in hot words related to artificial intelligence such as large models and machine learning that often appear in the media. he also hopes to master some basic skills in using artificial intelligence tools through the course. "understanding some basic common sense of artificial intelligence will help me study legal issues such as public data circulation and personal information protection in the network field. as an auxiliary tool, artificial intelligence can also play some simple question answering and retrieval tasks in daily study. function, it also facilitates the collection and processing of documents, data, etc. in research.”
ren haoyuan, a sophomore at the school of public administration of zhejiang university, also told reporters that the combination of artificial intelligence and social science fields is the general trend in the future. by mastering some artificial intelligence knowledge, he will improve his competitiveness and become more adaptable to the future employment environment. for example, he hopes to learn some machine learning-related algorithms in class and use artificial intelligence large model technology to assist research in financial decision-making, management and other fields.
artificial intelligence general course schedule. photo courtesy of zhejiang university
wu chao believes that unlike students in science and engineering, the most important thing for students in humanities and social sciences to learn artificial intelligence is not to learn code, but to master the thinking of analyzing and applying artificial intelligence. for example, he places special emphasis on human-machine collaboration and human-machine interactive thinking in using machines to complete tasks. "what i hope to teach students is not the tools, but the mind to use these tools." wu chao said. in classroom teaching, he will also use the zhihai mo platform to hide complex technical details and lower the operating threshold, so that students can use the platform for practical training and practice thinking in solving practical problems.
it is reported that in march this year, zhejiang university established the artificial intelligence education and teaching research center, and launched a pilot artificial intelligence general course for undergraduates in this fall semester. later, it will provide artificial intelligence general courses to more than 6,400 undergraduate freshmen in the school every year. knowledge courses. the courses offered this semester are mainly for students in their sophomore year and above, with a total of more than 300 students, most of whom are from humanities and social science majors such as law, economics, and management.
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