This is the general trend. At present, the department level has been rapidly moving into the field of artificial intelligence, and the society also has great demand. It is not the first time that two schools set up artificial intelligence colleges in China, but it is not too late.
In addition, from the focus of the two schools, it is more accurate for the two schools to make full use of their respective academic advantages and conduct interdisciplinary research. Nankai University, for example, has never been inferior to the world advanced level in robot research. No. 1 Cao Xuetao, a well-deserved academician in the field of immunology, will serve as the dean, and medicine will surely usher in great development. Urban management, regional economy and finance are also the traditional dominant disciplines in Nankai. These three fields are the focus of artificial intelligence interdisciplinary, and they also belong to giving full play to their own advantages and making it easier to produce results.
As long as we boldly reform and break through the shackles of the two long-term accumulated forces, this road is still very promising.