What Khan Academy’s Founder Thinks About AI in Education

Salman Khan with 5 key insights from Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing).

How will AI change the way we learn? Drastically, according to Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy. Sal has written the new book Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) and in it he shares a vision of how large language models and other AI technologies could allow for custom-tailored tutoring for students regardless of means. Our curator Adam Grant says “This book is required reading for everyone who cares about education.”. Here’s Salman to share 5 of his big ideas.

1. Teachers matter.

If I had to pick between an amazing teacher with no technology and amazing technology with no teacher, I would pick the amazing teacher every time. This becomes even more pronounced in an AI world. AI is going to become an amazing teaching assistant. It’s going to help with grading papers, writing progress reports, communicating with others, personalizing their classrooms, and writing lesson plans. It’s going to give teachers insights into their classrooms that they never had before. But AI is never going to be able to replace the ability to form human connections with students.