Hue lecturers and students are equipped with additional 'virtual assistants'

At the workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) application in higher education organized by the University of Economics - Hue University, experts shared many experiences, including skills in creating virtual assistants using AI for lecturers and students.

On May 23, Hue University of Economics organized a workshop on "Application of AI in University Education" to improve teaching and research capacity and promote innovation in the academic environment.

At the workshop, experts, scientists and technology entrepreneurs shared practical experiences, updated trends and explored ways to effectively integrate AI tools into teaching and research.

Experts share about AI applications in higher education

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Topics shared at the workshop include: an overview of AI application trends in university education in the world and in Vietnam; exploiting the potential of modern AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gamma.app, Heygen; practicing building personal assistants using AI for teaching and research.

In particular, the content of building "virtual assistants" in teaching and learning activities has received a lot of attention and questions from lecturers and students.

Sharing about the above content, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Khiet, General Director of ASCO Vietnam Auditing Company, Chairman of NBO AI Joint Stock Company and NBO Holdings ecosystem, presented the topic "Application of AI in education: Creating excellent assistants, digitizing specialized subjects".

According to Mr. Khiet, to create an excellent virtual assistant using AI, each user needs to meet the following criteria: having a ChatGPT Plus account; personalizing according to specific tasks; focusing on the "Configuration" section (with 4 main contents: name, description, instructions, documents)...

According to Mr. Khiet, "Instruction" is considered the heart and soul of an excellent virtual assistant.

Mr. Khiet also guides how to create commands so that AI tools can produce the most accurate results, including context, main task, additional information, expected output format, language and style.

According to experts, AI is a trend, bringing many benefits to users. In which, personal virtual assistants are also one of the effective tools for lecturers to create attractive lectures; or can act as an assistant to directly answer students' questions online, replace lecturers in error statistics, test scoring, analysis...

However, experts also note limitations such as information provided by AI tools can be inaccurate, data security is not high...

Associate Professor Dr. Truong Tan Quan, Principal of the University of Economics - Hue University, said that the development of AI requires careful preparation in terms of infrastructure, law, ethics and especially human adaptability. Therefore, the role of schools, lecturers and students becomes more important, not only as users of technology but also as creators, guides and developers of technology in a humane and sustainable way.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/giang-vien-sinh-vien-hue-duoc-trang-bi-them-nhung-tro-ly-ao-185250523143921783.htm