The human touch in tomorrow's classrooms

"AI is going to change the whole nature of education, and it will change schools and the world of work fundamentally. We're going to see such changes within the next five years," said Anthony Francis Seldon, one of the most influential contemporary historians and educators in the UK, during an exclusive interview in Shanghai on June 17.

More children in China are no longer receiving a narrow, purely academic education — a shift Seldon described as the right path to prepare them for a future in which human identity and intelligence will matter more than ever, as we reach the quarter mark of the 21st century.

Upon learning that 70 "digital intelligence employees" have joined the civil service in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in February to process documents and perform other tasks, Seldon said it sends a clear message: AI is better suited to jobs that involve repetitive, formulaic skills and fixed answers, and it will replace those kinds of occupations.