Education Futures A father and AI engineer on parenting in the age of AI
In this episode of Education Futures, host Svenia Busson sits down with Samuel Path, a senior engineer in AI and a father of four, to explore the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and its impact on parenting. Samuel shares his journey from a curious child hacking video games to becoming a passionate AI enthusiast. They discuss the transformative power of AI in the workplace, the importance of lifelong learning, and how to prepare the next generation for an AI-driven world. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on the opportunities and challenges of raising children in the age of AI.
Here are some of the insights Sam shared:
https://eurekalabs.ai/ - Educating people to AI founded by Andrej Karpathy
https://kurzgesagt.org/ - Great videos to spark creativity about science & technology
https://khanacademy.org/ + https://scratch.mit.edu/ are the online tools he uses for his kids
The video where Kurzgesagt discusses this problem of slop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0
On Demis Hassabis winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
https://deepmind.google/blog/demis-hassabis-john-jumper-awarded-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/
HBR article on AI slop that's destroying coworker productivity
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
Sam recommends reading the AI education death spiral by Anand Sanwal: https://anandsanwal.me/ai-education-death-spiral/
Self-driving technology in China is now even more advanced than in San Francisco (as of Nov 12th, 2025)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/china-robotaxi-self-driving-waymo-254ce0a1?st=BCZFqE
The article about hope, sand and soil by Riwa Harfoush