Sal Khan on 'How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)'

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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When OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, schools and universities were quick to ban the use of the generative artificial intelligence chatbot. Teachers have reported students using the service to cheat and turn in plagiarized and inaccurate essays. But Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, says generative AI can be a force for good in education. Khan Academy now has an educational AI chatbot, Khanmigo, which can guide students while still promoting critical thinking. Khan says developments like these could allow for every student to have a personal AI tutor and every teacher an AI teaching assistant. And Khan thinks incorporating AI in the classroom can allow for exciting new learning opportunities — with the right programming and guardrails. His new book is “Brave New Words.” Guests: Sal Khan, founder and CEO, Khan Academy - an education non-profit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.8	LA Unified was one of the first big districts last school year to block the AI chatbot chat GPT on school devices, and many other districts followed suit.
1:05.6	Concerns about widespread cheating, plagiarism, and student privacy drove those decisions,
1:10.4	but many districts
1:11.7	have now reversed those bans or developed more permissive policies. And Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy,
1:18.6	says that's a good thing. Con believes AI, with the right safeguards, will not only improve,
1:24.7	but revolutionize education. And he's built an AI tutor using ChatGPT to facilitate that.
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