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It’s a gradient, not a binary.
Students can (and should) learn both fundamentals and AI fluency. But while we’re still arguing about whether AI is “ethical” to use on homework, China is already building it into their national curriculum.

📘 Example 1:
Beijing’s public schools are now mandating AI education — over 1,400 schools will deliver at least eight class hours per semester, teaching kids everything from basic literacy to hands-on programming and robotics.
(Source: China Daily)

📗 Example 2:
Hangzhou just made AI courses compulsory across primary and secondary schools, requiring 10 class hours per year and even retraining teachers to use smart tools. This is part of a nationwide strategy to normalize AI and data-skills education.
(Source: South China Morning Post)

Meanwhile, some Western universities are still punishing students for using the same tools that will define the next 30 years of work.

If a country of 1.4 billion is teaching six-year-olds to code with AI while we’re expelling college students for using it responsibly, we’re not protecting education — we’re training irrelevance.

Teach the basics. Teach ethics.
But also, teach the future.