Hey everyone, I'm Daniel Barcai. Welcome to your undivided attention. So something I've been

hearing over and over again lately is that we have to prepare our children for the AI future.

But what does that even mean? Because yes, there's a vision of the world where AI radically improves education.

And I have to admit, there's a part of me that's really optimistic about this vision.

I want to believe in that infinitely patient tutor who can sit and watch every mistake that you make

and learn how to teach you in exactly the way that you need.

I really want to believe in the promise of that.

But the history of education technology tells us that these kind of simple, optimistic stories are often naive.

You know, ask any teacher or student whether they truly feel unleashed by technology to do their best work.

And because AI has the potential to really transform education, we need to ask big and critical

questions.

Like where should we embrace these powerful tools?

What should we keep the same about the classroom?

What's the purpose of education in an AI age? And how do we prepare our students, our children, for a future that's still so radically uncertain?

My guest today is Rebecca Winthrop, and she actually has some of these answers. She leads the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. And they just released a report called A New Direction for Students in an AI world.

They talk to educators and students and parents and policymakers and technologists all around the world

about what the role of AI in education should be.

And today, Rebecca is going to walk us through what she's learned, what's working, what's

not, and most importantly, what are the concrete steps that parents, teachers, and administrators

can and should take right now?

You know, the classroom is this crucible for how we integrate AI with society.

And I'm really glad that there are people like Rebecca

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