Toward a New Paradigm Beyond Cram-Style AI Education

In an era increasingly shaped by generative artificial intelligence Toward a New Paradigm Beyond Cram-Style AI Education challenges the dominance of prompt-based instruction and reclaims the centrality of writing dialogue and humanistic thinking. Drawing from classroom research student reflections and co-creative workshops this monograph proposes a transformative vision of education-one that sees AI not as a shortcut to efficiency but as a catalyst for deeper inquiry aesthetic judgment and ethical reflection. Hao-Chiang Koong Lin calls for an educational future rooted in expression not command; in collaboration not automation. A timely and necessary contribution this work invites educators artists and technologists to reimagine what it means to learn teach and create alongside intelligent machines.