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The 2026 Gaokao reflects a shift from rote memorization to assessing high-level thinking, migration, and problem-solving skills. As generative AI automates routine tasks, the education system is pivoting to prioritize human-centric cognitive abilities.
China is aggressively restructuring its higher education system by cutting over 12,000 degree programs. The move aims to eliminate outdated curricula and better align academic output with the demands of the AI-driven economy.
Li Jigang, self-titled 'prompt engineer', critiques standardized 'water' education from industrial era as obsolete in AI times. He advocates 'fire' education to ignite unique individual talents, with AI as an accelerator. Current systems produce homogeneity while AI values heterogeneity.
China Media University axes 16 majors like translation and photography, citing AI's takeover of routine skills in the human-machine era. It urges refocusing on irreplaceable human strengths like creativity and ethics. Teachers evolve into AI coaches and learning designers.
Jack Ma and Alibaba executives gathered at Cloud Valley School to discuss AI's weekly iteration speed and job disruptions. They stress humans' edges in curiosity, empathy, and physicality, urging education to focus on soul-nurturing over rote learning. AI should be a tool, not a crutch, for fostering independent thinkers.
Basic education likened to AI pre-training: builds knowledge chains, language skills, self-learning. Emphasizes emotional experiences, interest cultivation, psychological resilience over scores. Humans excel in demand recognition, avoiding rote industrial models.