Human-Machine Collaboration as a Pathway to Reform in Art and Design Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Chinese Universities

Authors

  • Zheng Yiwen National institute of Fine Art and Design named after Kamoliddin Bekhzod

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66238/fsrma118

Keywords:

AI-generated content, art and design education, human-machine collaboration, curriculum reform

Abstract

Artificial intelligence–generated content technologies, represented by diffusion models and large language models, are systematically reshaping the foundational paradigm of art and design education in higher education institutions. From the perspective of human-machine collaboration, this paper analyzes the structural problems currently present in China’s university-level art and design education, examines the opportunities and challenges that AIGC-driven developments bring to talent cultivation, and draws on distributed cognition and constructivist learning theory to propose a reform framework encompassing four dimensions: training objectives, curriculum systems, teaching platforms, and evaluation mechanisms.

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Published

2026-07-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 02 (2026): International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

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Articles

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