Will AI Impact Literary Education? East China Normal University Scholars Propose Three Response Paths
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The Department of Chinese Language and Literature at East China Normal University and other institutions held a seminar on "Literary Education in the AI Era." Participating scholars put forward three views on AI's impact on literary education: one group holds that AI has already replaced the functions of literary education, and that Chinese departments should return to their original purpose of nourishing the soul; one group advocates that literary education should change along with new directions such as multimodality brought by AI; the third group holds that literature is the study of humanity, and that while AI excels at summarizing patterns, the delicate experiences of carbon-based life, along with the sense of justice and the emotion stirred by kindness, remain the exclusive preserve of human beings—literature may be the last plot of land they keep for themselves.
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当AI已经能查资料写论文，还可写不错的小说时，文学教育该如何展开？ 日前，华东师范大学中文系、《现代中文刊》杂志社、“人民文艺与20世纪中国文学历史经验研究”课题组共同举办“AI时代的文学教育”研讨会。无论是AI时代该如何创作，如何阅读，还是如何在挑战中找机遇，与会者大致有三种意见，一派认为，AI已经替代了文学教育的功能，中文系的学科分类本来是工业化的产物，应该回归文学教育的初心——滋养心灵而非作为学业；一类认为，AI既然带来很多新方向，文学教育也该随之改变，如多模态等；第三类认为，文学是人学，AI的强项是总结规律，但差异化内容，碳基生命的细腻、脆弱、生命的可贵等体验，包括正义感带来的批评，善良带来的感动，还是人之为人的专利，因此，文学或许是最后一块自留地。