From BYO AI to the Turing Test: What Just Happened in Education?

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Apr 3, 2025

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ANECDOTE

AI School in Texas

Alpha School, a private school in Texas, uses AI tutors.
This approach personalizes learning and focuses on soft skills, leading to improved test scores.

INSIGHT

AI Chatbot at Macquarie University

Macquarie University reports increased student exam scores due to an AI-powered chatbot.
This virtual peer provides conversational support and access to learning resources.

INSIGHT

BYO AI and Training Needs

Many employees use AI at work, even if their companies don't officially endorse it.
Most workers desire more AI training, highlighting a growing skills gap.

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This week, Dan and Ray dive into a whirlwind of AI news shaking up the education world. From $40K private schools with AI tutors to universities reporting chatbot-driven grade boosts, they unpack what’s hype and what’s happening. Plus, they explore the ethics of AI image generation, energy use in data centers, and whether GPT-4.5 is now officially more human than human.

News

Alpha School - AI school in Texas News report: https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-private-schools-use-ai-tutor-rockets-student-test-scores-top-2-country https://alpha.school/

Macquarie University students’ exam scores up by nearly 10 per cent thanks to new AI-powered chatbotMicrosoft case study: https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/2025/03/24/macquarie-university-students-exam-scores-up-by-nearly-10-per-cent-thanks-to-new-ai-powered-chatbot/

Building an AI-Enabled Workforce: Impacts for Finance, Technology and Business Education and Training https://www.futureskillsorganisation.com.au/building-an-ai-enabled-workforce-impacts-for-finance-technology-and-business-education-and-training

The Future of Jobs Report 2025 from World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/digest/

OpenAI Academy https://academy.openai.com

Anthropic launched Claude for Education https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude-for-education

Open AI image generation announcement https://openai.com/index/introducing-4o-image-generation/

Report: Australia’s renewables can power AI and slash energy costs https://www.innovationaus.com/australias-renewables-can-power-ai-and-slash-energy-costs/

UTS Transdisciplinary Innovation course https://www.uts.edu.au/for-students/transdisciplinary-innovation

Research

The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5188231

Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23674 News report: https://futurism.com/ai-model-turing-test