AI Will Not Revolutionize Education

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Benjamin Riley, Founder of Cognitive Resonance.

The session explored a provocative counter-narrative to the prevailing optimism surrounding AI in education. Riley challenged the assumption that AI will radically transform education for the better, arguing instead that it poses significant hazards to effective teaching and learning. Drawing on principles from cognitive science, he unpacked the disconnect between how AI tools are being promoted and how they actually function in educational settings—raising critical questions about the future of learning in an AI-driven world.