Higher Education Reform and Development in the Artificial Intelligence Era: A Conversation between Zhu Yongxin and Turing Award Winner Professor John Hopcroft

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2025.12.010

Abstract

Abstract:

Artificial intelligence is a key driving force behind the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. It not only has a significant and far-reaching impact on economic development, social progress, and the international political and economic landscape, but also profoundly changing the ecology and structure of education. Through a conversation between Zhu Yongxin and John Hopcroft, this article explores several issues concerning the reform and development of higher education in the era of artificial intelligence: how to cultivate students’ curiosity and creativity; whether artificial intelligence can replace human teachers; what are the criteria for a good teacher and how undergraduate teaching should be reformed”.

Key words: artificial intelligence, teachability, Project 101, undergraduate education

Yongxin Zhu, John Hopcroft. Higher Education Reform and Development in the Artificial Intelligence Era: A Conversation between Zhu Yongxin and Turing Award Winner Professor John Hopcroft[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educationa, 2025, 43(12): 130-140.

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