After Two University Special Lectures, "Time to Rethink the Very Purpose of Education"
No So-young, director of Art Center Nabi, recently gained attention for sharing her reflections on special lectures she gave at Seoul National University and Keimyung University. Director No stated, "It is now time to reconsider the very purpose of education."
On the 8th, Director No posted a message titled "tabula rasa" on her personal social media service (SNS). Tabula rasa means a blank slate with nothing written on it. The post, which compared Seoul National University and Keimyung University, was shared only with friends, not publicly.
Having recently given special lectures at both universities, Director No said, "I felt some pressure since these were undergraduate classes, but I wanted to make a comparison."
Regarding Keimyung University, she said, "I gave a lecture of about 50 minutes and handed out Post-it notes to the students, telling them they could not leave the room without writing something (a question or comment). As I read each note with curiosity about what questions would come up, the questions hit the mark and reflected serious contemplation."
On the other hand, she expressed disappointment with Seoul National University. "After the lecture, during the Q&A session, I encouraged genuine communication by saying I preferred questions that come from the heart, but they remained guarded and very tense," she wrote. "As I left, I told the head professor that I was somewhat disappointed."
Director No pointed out, "One is an ordinary regional university, and the other is a place where the top elites of society gather. The problem is that artificial intelligence like ChatGPT has far surpassed the intelligence of Seoul National University undergraduates." She added, "Some of them might create the next generation of AI in the future, but that will be a very small minority."
She emphasized, "Education in the era of artificial intelligence must be based on identity. Only then can originality emerge, and only that can enable humans to surpass machines."
No So-young graduated from the Department of Textile Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering. She then went to the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in economics from the College of William & Mary, a master's degree in education from Stanford University Graduate School, and completed doctoral coursework in economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School. Recently, she made headlines for winning a court ruling in the appeal of her divorce lawsuit with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, ordering a division of assets amounting to 1.3808 trillion won and alimony of 2 billion won.
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