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    China's first artificial intelligence (Al) textbook for high school students {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(bring) out last week, following a plan by central government {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(include) Al courses in primary and secondary school.

    The nine - chapter textbook, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(name) " Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence" , was written by outstanding {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(scholar) from well - known schools nationwide, under the joint efforts by the research center for MOOC at East China Normal University and Al startup SenseTime. It includes the history of Al and how the technology can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, auto driving and public security.

    "The textbook focuses not only on basics of Al, but on {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(practice) use of Al in daily life," said Chen Yukun, a professor at East China Normal University, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is also a contributor to the book.

    Up till now, about 40 high schools across the country {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(undertake) the task of being the first group of Al high education pilot program {#blank#}8{#/blank#} introducing the textbook in the curriculum. "The Al sector is facing a talent shortage {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(global). The publication of the book is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}breakthrough as it takes Al technology out of the 'Ivory tower' and makes it part of high school learning," said Lin Dahua, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.