Artificial intelligence, as an academic term, has been emphasized several times in China's national government reports recently, and has been promoted as a key national strategy. Talents are the core and urgent problem for developing AI and intelligent industries. The shortage of talents is not only a main reason that we are falling behind other developed nations, but also the problem that the global progress of AI is still at the beginning stage. China is facing a major historical opportunity for significant social and economic progresses through intelligent technology in the new intelligent era. We have to think about the way to cultivate AI talents innovatively, and also have to promote the deep integration of intelligent technology and education, and then change the education systems thoroughly. We believe parallel intelligent education will lead to a learner-centered personalized education system to support future smart education.