[ExI] ai in education

[Kelly Anderson]

The math seems to indicate that Universities will soon be obsolete. Perhaps
before the rest of us are because of the long payoff periods involved.
Someone smart enough to think about going to a university should be smart
enough to figure out the payback period, and student loans don't pay
themselves. If you're going just for beer and sex, there are cheaper ways
to get there.

-Kelly

On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> Even at the top universities, AI is developing faster than the education
> industry can adapt.  I heard from a top computer science student that he
> labored over an assignment for ten hours, finished it, then handed the
> specifications to Grok AI which completed the assignment in minutes.  It is
> unclear why we need humans to know how to do that skill.  The student
> questioned if he should be studying how to install heating and air
> conditioning units rather than bothering to master computer science.
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> Here’s Stanford’s interesting take on AI in education.  I don’t know if
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> [image: Stanford HAI] <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/bumdiaq>
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> A bi-weekly newsletter from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered
> Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
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> Rethinking Education in the AI Era
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/7eodiaq>
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> The fourth annual AI+Education Summit, convened by Stanford HAI
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/n7odiaq> and the Stanford
> Accelerator for Learning
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/3zpdiaq> on February 11,
> surfaced a sobering reality: AI isn't simply changing how we teach, it’s
> making us confront why we teach the way we do.
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> Educators, researchers, and policy experts identified critical pressure
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>    - Education assessment is facing a crisis as traditional evaluation
>    methods lose validity;
>    - Schools confront a deluge of AI products with little guidance on
>    efficacy;
>    - AI access remains stubbornly inequitable;
>    - AI literacy gaps widen daily among both students and teachers;
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> And, perhaps most importantly, discussions emphasized what remains
> irreplaceable: genuine human connection in learning.
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> Want more on this topic?
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> �� *Read the insights from the summit*
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/jsqdiaq>
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> �� *Watch the conference sessions on our YouTube channel*
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/zkrdiaq>
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> ��️ *Attend an upcoming HAI seminar led by HAI Faculty Affiliate Hari
> Subramonyam on “Learning by Creating: A Human-Centered Vision for AI in
> Education”* <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/fdsdiaq>
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> Latest AI research & analysis
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> *Governments around the world are racing to achieve “AI sovereignty.”*
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/v5sdiaq> But there’s one
> problem: Nobody agrees on what it means. The concept inherits unresolved
> tensions from decades-old debates about technological independence, while
> simultaneously addressing today’s complex AI dependencies. Stanford HAI
> scholars identify four factors
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/bytdiaq> driving this
> definitional dilemma.
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> *How can AI support language digitization and digital inclusion?*
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/rqudiaq> Our recently published
> white paper examines AI’s potential for digital inclusion while providing
> recommendations for responsible implementation that respects linguistic
> diversity and community priorities.
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> Download the image in full resolution
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/7ivdiaq>
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