First High School Textbook on 'Ethics' in the AI Era Adopted... Book by Professor Jeonghyeon Jeong, Korea Polytechnic University

‘Artificial Intelligence and Future Society’... In-depth Discussion on Ethical Issues

Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education Selected as Textbook for Yukmingwan High School

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A book addressing the ethics of the artificial intelligence (AI) era has been adopted for the first time as a high school textbook. As introductory courses on AI technology gradually spread to frontline high schools, this book, which quickly raised ethical issues from various perspectives, has attracted attention by being introduced into classrooms.

Cover of "Artificial Intelligence and Future Society".

Korea Polytechnic University (Ⅶ University) announced on the 8th that Professor Jeong Hyun from the Changwon Campus Department of Liberal Arts' book, Artificial Intelligence and Future Society, has been selected as an approved book by the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education.

The Gangwon Office of Education Research Institute recently approved the book as a high school textbook after a review process for newly established subjects by school principals for the first semester of this year. The final approval is scheduled to be announced on the 10th.

This book contains content aimed at cultivating basic knowledge of AI socially, ethically, and culturally so that generations living in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era can coexist with AI and lead prosperous lives.

The book will be used as the textbook for the “AI Ethics” course at Yukmingwan High School, which operates a “specialized curriculum focusing on AI-based society” starting this year.

Yukmingwan High School, a general high school located in Wonju City, Gangwon Province, established in 1946, was designated as an AI leading school in the 2023 academic year and operates two specialized curricula, including a social convergence curriculum.

Professor Jeong Hyun introduced the background of writing by warning, “AI has become a necessity, not a choice, in our lives. However, if we do not address ethical issues such as anxiety about future jobs caused by AI and privacy violations, as well as social consensus on these concerns, even good technology can become a disaster.”

Professor Jeonghyeon Information, Changwon Campus, Korea Polytechnic University.

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