S8 Ep326: EDUCATION REFORM AND THE AVOIDANCE OF A FEDERAL AI DEPARTMENT Colleague Kevin Frazier. Frazier argues for updating education, starting with teacher training in elementary schools and vocational partnerships in high schools, to prepare students for an AI f

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EDUCATION REFORM AND THE AVOIDANCE OF A FEDERAL AI DEPARTMENT Colleague Kevin Frazier. Frazier argues for updating education, starting with teacher training in elementary schools and vocational partnerships in high schools, to prepare students for an AI future. He advises against creating a federal Department of AI, suggesting society should adapt to it as advanced computing rather than a unique threat. NUMBER 12
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0:34.4	with Indeed. do it the right way with indeed i'm john batch who with my colleague Kevin Fraser,
0:54.8	and we're talking about AI right now.
0:57.0	Right now, it's not the future.
0:58.4	It's right now.
0:58.9	It's just not evenly distributed.
1:00.8	And if you're in Texas, you feel it.
1:03.1	Meta, for example, is building a diamond as big as the Ritz in Abilene, Texas,
1:09.2	for a tech center.
1:10.8	Texas is already boasting about AI supremacy
1:14.6	lives here because of our tech centers rising. We've got the power that's solar and wind
1:21.3	and fossil fuel. We've got the educated elite. We've got room. Now, that's good for Texas. However, there's more coming. Texas needs to educate. And all the states are concerned about AI need to educate. Where does it start, Kevin? And what does it look like?
1:40.3	So first and foremost, John, we have to start at the start, right? We need to look at elementary schools and make sure that we're preparing teachers to knowledgeably inform their students how to use AI. Now, this is not a call to say, let's put robots in the position of teachers and completely eliminate the idea that students need mentors and guidance as they move
2:02.7	through their educational process. But instead to say, let's make sure we maximize the potential
2:08.4	benefits of AI assisting with the personalization of education, while also leaving space for students
2:15.2	to develop those interpersonal communication and judgment skills that we know are AI resilient.
2:22.0	So first, we've got to start with elementary school.
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