Role Orientation and Functioning of Artificial Intelligence in the Professional Development of University Teachers

In recent years, under the auspices of technological development, artificial intelligence technology has penetrated into various industries, such as healthcare, industry, energy and even education. For the penetration of the education field, artificial intelligence has changed the teaching mode, teaching management, and brought unprecedented opportunities for the professional development of teachers. This paper explores the role positioning and function play of AI in the professional development of university teachers, with the goal of promoting the modernized university teacher team, after analyzing the role positioning of AI technology in the professional development of university teachers, researching the function play strategy of AI technology in the professional development of university teachers, and mentioning the limitations and challenges of AI in the professional development of teachers, teachers' role changes and It also mentions the limitations and challenges of AI in teachers' professional development, teachers' role transformation and competence requirements, so as to further improve the framework of AI's promotion of teachers' professional development in universitys and universities, and to strengthen the foundation of teachers' development in universitys and universities in China with the help of AI technology, so as to provide a "big country's good teacher" for high-quality higher education and promote the modernization and high-quality transformation of higher education in China.