<div dir="ltr">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. <div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2609371814655410416">
<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-2609371814655410416WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Here’s Stanford’s interesting take on AI in education.  I don’t know if the links will work:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="640" style="width:480pt"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100%;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100%;padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/bumdiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="352" style="width: 3.6666in;" id="m_-2609371814655410416_x0000_i1025" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20260227/4f/b0/82/a9/b5d17710735d93a617a48829.png" alt="Stanford HAI"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt"><p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">A bi-weekly newsletter from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:30pt"><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 3.75pt"><h1 style="margin:0in;line-height:21.75pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:normal"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/7eodiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,104,165);text-decoration:none">Rethinking Education in the AI Era</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt"><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">The fourth annual AI+Education Summit, convened by <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/n7odiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Stanford HAI</span></a> and the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/3zpdiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Stanford Accelerator for Learning</span></a> 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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Educators, researchers, and policy experts identified critical pressure points:<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Education assessment is facing a crisis as traditional evaluation methods lose validity;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Schools confront a deluge of AI products with little guidance on efficacy;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">AI access remains stubbornly inequitable;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">AI literacy gaps widen daily among both students and teachers;<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt"><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">And, perhaps most importantly, discussions emphasized what remains irreplaceable: genuine human connection in learning.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Want more on this topic?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">📄</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/jsqdiaq" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Read the insights from the summit</span></strong></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">🎥</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/zkrdiaq" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Watch the conference sessions on our YouTube channel</span></strong></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">🗓️</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/fdsdiaq" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Attend an upcoming HAI seminar led by HAI Faculty Affiliate Hari Subramonyam on “Learning by Creating: A Human-Centered Vision for AI in Education”</span></strong></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;background:white"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="640" style="width:480pt"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100%;padding:3.75pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt"><h2 style="margin:0in;line-height:18pt"><span class="m_-2609371814655410416tinymce-placeholder"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Latest AI research & analysis</span></span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt"><p style="margin:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/v5sdiaq" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Governments around the world are racing to achieve “AI sovereignty.”</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></strong>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 <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/bytdiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">four factors</span></a> driving this definitional dilemma. <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt"><p style="margin:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/rqudiaq" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">How can AI support language digitization and digital inclusion?</span></strong></a> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100%;padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 15pt"><p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/jce990/r2rnl9ge/7ivdiaq" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,95,163);text-decoration:none">Download the image in full resolution</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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