Educational Artificial Intelligence (EAI) Connotation, Key Technology and Application Trend -Interpretation and analysis of the two reports entitled “Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence” and “The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan”

Abstract

In order to further the application,research and development of artificial intelligence (AI), The Office of Science and Technology Policy of the White House released two reports commissioned “Preparation for the Future of Artificial Intelligence“ and “The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan” in October 2016. According to the reports, AI has been playing a growing role in every area of society, among which education is an important one. Educational artistic intelligence (EAI) is a new field which combinations AI with learning science. Current, the key technologies of EAI are knowledge representation, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, intelligent agent, affective computing, etc. The development of EAI in education focuses on the intelligent tutor and assistant, intelligent evaluation, learning partner, data mining, learning analysis, etc.On this account, there is a urgent need to strengthen the training of the workforce of EAI at all levels, in accordance with the rapid development of AI.