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The Disagreement

19: AI Tutoring & K-12 Education

Oct 10, 2024
45:45

Today’s disagreement is on AI tutoring and K-12 Education. How will AI tutoring benefit struggling and high achieving students? Will it enable personalized learning pathways for students?

Two education experts come together for a longform, productive disagreement about whether AI is going to usher in a new era of personalized learning – and whether that is a good thing.

Niels Hoven is the Founder and CEO of Mentava, a software company committed to accelerating learning for top-performing students. Mentava’s first product is a software-based tutor, designed to teach preschool students how to read.

Benjamin Riley is the founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to improving understanding of human cognition and generative AI. Previously, he founded and served as CEO of Deans for Impact, a nonprofit education organization working to improve teacher training through the use of cognitive science.

Show Notes

  • Reflections on personalized learning 15 years in [03:00]
  • AI and the new path to personalized learning [05:02]
  • The risk of moving away from collective learning [06:47]
  • Theory of mind considerations [10:10]
  • Bill gates and the dream of AI in Ed [15:17]
  • The future of ungated learning [17:15]
  • The danger of magnifying differences [20:12]
  • The 5% problem [22:15]
  • Engagement and learning [23:40]
  • Balancing AI risks and benefits [30:09]
  • Is our current system working or failing [33:05]
  • What should we be improving [36:32]
  • The joy of effortful thinking [38:01]
  • Steelmanning [40:20]

What did you think about this episode? Email us at podcast@thedisagreement.com. You can also DM us on Instagram @thedisagreementhq.

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