(1) There are three titles on this thing. The one in the URL—"Salman Khan: How AI Can Transform Education." The one in the tab title—"Salman Khan dreams of an AI education revolution." And then the print title: "Salman Khan’s third attempt to change the world of education." I suspect Khan is d…
(1) There are three titles on this thing. The one in the URL—"Salman Khan: How AI Can Transform Education." The one in the tab title—"Salman Khan dreams of an AI education revolution." And then the print title: "Salman Khan’s third attempt to change the world of education." I suspect Khan is done with the British press for a little while.
(2) "But 10 years ago no one was really questioning the traditional lecture model, and no one was really talking about a lot of these gaps that students have in their learning." This is something you say when you are completely ignorant of the field you are trying to colonize & disrupt.
(3) “I met an English teacher in the US who told me she has 180 papers to grade on some weekends. That’s too much work. No matter how invested you are, if you’re reading 180 papers, it’s very hard to grade the 179th paper with the same fidelity that you grade the second paper." He has mentioned this teacher in every interview I have seen or read for the last twelve months. I DO think she's representative of broader challenges faced by our lit & comp colleagues. But at what point should we expect to see AI pay off in real quality of life improvements here? Are we waiting for a new language model? Another boilerplate guidance document from a state or university?
(4) "Now, however, a class of 30 students could 'break out' into five groups, each around an 'Alexa-type device' formatted with AI that facilitates discussion." I'm sorry but if you think AI is capable of this kind of facilitation, you do not understand the technology. And I am again sorry but if you think this kind of interaction (groups of SIX, to start with) would work in a K-12 classroom, you need to venture beyond your $30,000 / year lab private school. You don't understand the work.
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(1) There are three titles on this thing. The one in the URL—"Salman Khan: How AI Can Transform Education." The one in the tab title—"Salman Khan dreams of an AI education revolution." And then the print title: "Salman Khan’s third attempt to change the world of education." I suspect Khan is done with the British press for a little while.
(2) "But 10 years ago no one was really questioning the traditional lecture model, and no one was really talking about a lot of these gaps that students have in their learning." This is something you say when you are completely ignorant of the field you are trying to colonize & disrupt.
(3) “I met an English teacher in the US who told me she has 180 papers to grade on some weekends. That’s too much work. No matter how invested you are, if you’re reading 180 papers, it’s very hard to grade the 179th paper with the same fidelity that you grade the second paper." He has mentioned this teacher in every interview I have seen or read for the last twelve months. I DO think she's representative of broader challenges faced by our lit & comp colleagues. But at what point should we expect to see AI pay off in real quality of life improvements here? Are we waiting for a new language model? Another boilerplate guidance document from a state or university?
(4) "Now, however, a class of 30 students could 'break out' into five groups, each around an 'Alexa-type device' formatted with AI that facilitates discussion." I'm sorry but if you think AI is capable of this kind of facilitation, you do not understand the technology. And I am again sorry but if you think this kind of interaction (groups of SIX, to start with) would work in a K-12 classroom, you need to venture beyond your $30,000 / year lab private school. You don't understand the work.
I came for the searing main essay, I stayed for the embers of fury in the comments section.