The headmaster of a private school near Bury St Edmunds urged educational leaders to consider the way intelligence is passed on through generations as he delivered his annual speech.

East Anglian Daily Times: Leavers at Culford School Picture: PAGEPIXLeavers at Culford School Picture: PAGEPIX (Image: Pagepix Ltd.07976 935738)

Julian Johnson-Munday, head at Culford School, spoke to students and parents on Saturday, May 26, and former MP Rosie Barnes also addressed the audience as guest of honour.

Mr Johnson-Munday said: “A future dominated by artificial intelligence means that we have to urgently consider what intelligence even is.

“Look in the art and DT departments today and tell me where one subject begins and the other ends.

“Paint, or watch someone else painting, in virtual reality and tell me where art ends and computing begins.

East Anglian Daily Times: Leavers at Culford School Picture: PAGEPIXLeavers at Culford School Picture: PAGEPIX (Image: Pagepix Ltd 07976 935738)

“Indeed, as we look towards the neuro-linguistic programming of artificial intelligences, tell me where the study of language ends and mathematics begins.”

He added: “We have to be brave enough to insist upon an education that reveals to children what it truly means to be human – not one that fits them to become the infantilised adjuncts of AI and robotics.”

The annual Opera and Roots in the Park events will return to Culford School on June 16-17 and the school will break for summer on Friday, July 5, and return on Thursday, September 6.

East Anglian Daily Times: Music at the celebration Picture: PAGEPIXMusic at the celebration Picture: PAGEPIX (Image: Pagepix Ltd.07976 935738)

East Anglian Daily Times: Displays at the celebration Picture: PAGEPIXDisplays at the celebration Picture: PAGEPIX (Image: Pagepix Ltd 07976 935738)