But an eminent scholar AI said that schools should first teach students ethical problems surrounding technology.
“Ethical standards should be taught before technical education … AI is a tool used by humans after all,” said Yao Xin, vice-president of the University of Lingnan.
In his latest budgetary address, financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said that the government encouraged companies to offer resources and advice on technology-related education in schools, such as coding and AI. He noted that AI was “at the heart of developing new quality productive forces”.
Universities also improve AI training, Hong Kong University planning demanded that all undergraduate students take a course on the subject. The University of Lingnan presented the requirement in September of last year.
But some directors have told the post that although AI and coding are already taught respectively in secondary and primary schools, teachers did not have sufficient knowledge to achieve the government's objectives in technological literacy.
