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Einstein and anime: Hong Kong university tests AI professors

HONG KONG, China: Using virtual reality headsets, students at a Hong Kong university travel to a pavilion above the clouds to watch an AI-generated Albert Einstein explain game theory.

The students are part of a course at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) that is testing the use of 'AI lecturers' as the artificial intelligence revolution hits campuses around the world.