Korea's EBS1 to Premiere 30-Episode AI Lecture Series Backed by ICT Ministry Budget

Korea's EBS1 will premiere 'AI Distinguished Lecture Series – Next Vision' on the 28th at 5:50 p.m. The 30-episode program was produced as part of a national AI education project with budget support from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The first episode features historian Yuval Harari examining the shift of power in the AI era, with Ray Kurzweil, Jeff Dean, Terence Tao and Erik Brynjolfsson appearing in later episodes.

This is a concrete case of government-budgeted AI education content entering a public television channel, showing that AI literacy is being placed in national public communication infrastructure rather than only in school curricula or corporate training. For educators and AI education product teams, it offers a reference for public media carrying structured AI general education. However, there is no public data on actual reach, viewership or learning outcomes, so no educational effect can be judged from this. The Korean public can access 30 episodes of AI general education funded by the ICT ministry budget for free via public television, lowering the barrier to structured AI knowledge. Education authorities and AI education product teams gain a reference case of public media carrying nationwide AI education, though local applicability must be assessed separately.