Class Disrupted Netflix’s Reed Hastings on the Impact of AI on Schools
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Nov 11, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix and education advocate, shares his insights on AI's transformative potential in schools. He highlights how AI can personalize learning and shift teacher roles to focus more on social-emotional skills. Reed emphasizes the need for schools to maintain civic values while leveraging technology for instruction. The conversation also touches on innovative school models, the importance of foundational knowledge, and how AI could reinvent assessments and enhance early reading interventions.
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AI As A Cognitive Bulldozer
- Reed Hastings says AI is on track to outperform humans in many aspects of thinking while not replacing feeling.
- He frames this as a bulldozer for cognition that creates dramatic societal change over decades.
Use AI For Facts, Teachers For Feelings
- Reed recommends embracing individualized, software-based teaching while preserving schools' civic mission.
- He urges schools to use AI tutors for facts and free teachers to focus on social-emotional development.
Chess Shows AI Can Raise Human Skill
- Hastings presents two AI effects: redundant routine skills versus vastly amplified learning opportunities.
- He compares chess, where AI raised player skill and interest, as a hopeful model for other domains.