Taiwan’s colleges race to arm students for AI era

Taiwan’s colleges race to arm students for AI era

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The artificial intelligence era is here, and schools are racing to arm students for the future. More than 300 AI-related courses are being offered across Taiwan’s college campuses. At National Taiwan University, one AI course drew more than 1,000 students.

Slide in a cup and AI does the rest, whipping up a drink in seconds.

AI also powers this checkout system created by junior-high school students. Just scan your phone to pay. As AI takes the world by storm, it’s sweeping through classrooms, too, with more than 300 AI classes offered nationwide. At National Taiwan University, one AI course was so popular, it had to double its enrollment limit. Meanwhile, AI tools have become essential during lectures.

Student
When our professors use foreign language texts, AI can be used to translate or provide short summaries. That makes it easier for us to follow along in class or to review the lecture afterward.

Student
Our school offers a lot of AI-related seminars. Every time I want to register, I see that a lot of people have already signed up.

With the help of AI tools, students can summarize notes and websites into key points, even translating them into other languages.

Lin Shih-ting
Mobile communications unit assistant manager
Digital learning is on the rise, and more and more schools are adopting technology assisted education. This trend has become more prominent with the advent of generative AI. According to the Institute for Information Industry, more than 60% of people aged 18 to 25 have used generative AI. As for AI applications that consumers care the most about, more than 50% of consumers were interested in educational applications.

The AI era is underway. Industries are racing to adopt the technology, so they can sharpen their competitive edge.

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AI熱! 全台大學搶開相關課程台大"生成式AI課"吸引千人選修

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2024年是AI元年，各行各業都搶搭AI浪潮，就連全台大學，也開設305門AI課程，台大的生成式AI課程，更吸引破千人選修，學生也會利用AI工具，把筆記做成摘要、或是翻譯，提升效率。

杯子放進機器，AI快速生成飲料，短短幾秒鐘就完成。

還有國中生，研發AI結帳系統，手機一掃就能結帳，這股AI風潮也吹進校園，全台各大學已經開設305門相關課程，台大AI課程，原本只開放550人，卻暴增到1022人，就連大學生上課也會使用AI工具。

[[學生]]
“可能老師上外文文本的時候，就可以使用AI，來幫我們做翻譯，或者是簡短的摘要，這樣我們在上課，或者是課後複習的時候都滿方便的”

[[學生]]
“因為我們學校有開，就很多跟AI相關的講座，然後每次要報名的時候，都很多人”

透過AI技術，密密麻麻的筆記、網頁，可以直接歸納重點，甚至翻譯成其他語文。

[[行動與資訊事業部協理林士廷]]
“數位學習正在崛起，那越來越多的校園，導入了科技輔助教育，那麼在這一波，生成式AI的一個浪潮，那麼其實更推升了這個趨勢，那根據資策會的資料，18到25歲的族群，有超過60%的人，使用過生成式AI，那麼在消費者關注，生成式AI的應用領域方面，那麼更有超過一半，那麼是跟教育服務相關”

2024是AI元年，各行各業都搶搭AI浪潮，提升競爭力。

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