Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the CAE Member: hundreds of millions of farmers in China, whose education level is about ten years lower than that of developed countries

On May 30, it was reported that Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the CAE Member and vice chairman of Beijing Association for Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech at the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum "Intelligence+Education" Forum.Zhao Chunjiang mentioned that China is a major agricultural country with 230 million farmers, approximately several hundred million of them

On May 30, it was reported that Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the CAE Member and vice chairman of Beijing Association for Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech at the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum "Intelligence+Education" Forum.

Zhao Chunjiang mentioned that China is a major agricultural country with 230 million farmers, approximately several hundred million of them. From the perspective of education level, the farmer brothers have the least education level in their years. Compared with developed countries, it is generally more than a decade away, and illiteracy accounts for a considerable proportion in rural areas.

Zhao Chunjiang emphasized that the current agriculture has a large area, a large population, a wide range, and inconvenient transportation. It is difficult to change farmers' concepts and improve their skills and qualities, but we can adopt a subtle form. In the past, he did not receive formal education, but through adult education or vocational education, his quality was improved and he became a new farmer.

Zhao Chunjiang mentioned that intelligent education has received high international attention. In the future, AI technology can be closely integrated with education, making the process of education more scientific, rational, and intelligent, and improving quality and efficiency. These resources can be used for agricultural education.

In response, Zhao Chunjiang pointed out that in order to do a good job in intelligence+education, in addition to building a knowledge system, there should also be an agricultural knowledge map. He mentioned that with rich knowledge, it is possible to gather it together and build a platform that is connected to the network, forming a national agricultural science and education cloud platform. This is a platform of the Ministry of Education, which connects 11 million users, a very large number of users.

Zhao Chunjiang mentioned that the core of intelligence+education now solves two problems: first, how to make human-machine collaboration smarter, and second, how to make human-machine dialogue more friendly. Of course, although artificial intelligence is not omnipotent now, ChatGPT4 is a generative artificial intelligence, which is currently strictly restricted in some countries. If a child in China gets this over a wall and uses it for their learning, they will definitely stop using their brains. Writing essays and saying topic words should be limited to 800 words, and they will be finished in a short time. Hand it over to the teacher, which is not conducive to their growth. Intelligence+education has good aspects, but we need to control it ethically and negatively.