Kids being taught about artificial intelligence by Beijing Research Institute-Industry Global News24

A new national research institution has been launched by China that will be focusing on providing education to the country's children regarding artificial intelligence from an early age, as well as, introduce more applications of artificial intelligence into the academic arena, as reported by the Beijing News. Artificial Intelligence Education Research Institute of the China Children's is a joint venture of the top schools such as Peking University and China National Children's Center, which is a non-profit organization under the cabinet of the country i.e. the Ministry of Education. The target of the institute is to research the ways by which artificial intelligence will be changing the ways kids are taught, as well as, for sparking an interest in artificial intelligence which would be preparing them well for a future that will be saturated with technology. The ambitious plans of China are to become the superpower of artificial intelligence across the globe, however, it was shown in a research that it still lags behind those nations that are developed in terms of artificial intelligence talent. With the target of expanding the domestic artificial intelligence sector, two years ago announcement was made by Chinese authorities regarding a plan for getting the education institutions to advance the talent pool of the artificial intelligence by giving encouragement to the kids in learning techniques like enhancing the present system of education, and by coding intelligent education which involves using artificial intelligence to teach, as well as, implement technologies such as facial recognition in the lecture hall.