AI Education as a Catalyst for Societal Change

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Ronit Levavi Morad, Senior Director and Chief of Staff at Google Research; Victor Lee, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Faculty Lead of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning's initiative on AI and Education; Tara Chklovski, CEO and Founder of Technovation; Alex Kotran, CEO of The AI Education Project; and Erin Mote, CEO at InnovateEDU.

The session explored the urgent need to equip students with AI literacy skills essential for navigating and understanding artificial intelligence. The panelists demonstrated how AI literacy empowers individuals to use transformative technologies for problem-solving and innovation. They discussed actionable strategies for integrating AI education into modern curricula and emphasized how cultivating a deep understanding of AI prepares future generations to address complex societal challenges. The conversation positioned AI education as a foundational element for meaningful, future-ready learning.