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Catherine Maguire

AI agents in education boost learning while cutting time Build home-first workflows for practice, planning, and records Scale with evidence and guardrails to protect equity and trust One data point should change our think

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Catherine Maguire

Korea excels at teen “creative thinking,” but adults lag in adaptive problem solving Generative AI automates routine tasks, so value shifts to AI cognitive extensions—framing, modeling, and auditing Reform exams, classroom routines, and admissions to reward those extensions, or the test-prep edge will fade

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Keith Lee

Build a third AI stack for education Adopt an Airbus-style consortium for procurement Prioritize teacher time-savings, multilingual access, and audited safety A single number highlights the stakes: in 2024, Airbus

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Catherine Maguire

AI-assisted teaching is the reform, not the threat Shift assessment from answer-hunting to reasoning and disclosure Train every teacher and set simple norms so AI boosts equity and learning A single statistic should reframe the

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Ethan McGowan

Deepfake NIL licensing will surge as content costs collapse Schools must use contracts and authenticity tech to protect communities Provenance and consent rebuild trust when faces become licensable assets Only three in ten U

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Ethan McGowan

Chatbots replace lists with a single voice, intensifying algorithmic gatekeeping In portal-first markets like Korea, hallucination and narrowed content threaten civic learning Mandate citations, rival answers, list-mode defaults, and independent audits in schools and platforms

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David O'Neill

AI reveals Parrondo’s paradox can turn losing tactics into schoolwide gains Run adaptive combined-game pilots with bandits and multi-agent learning, under clear guardrails Guard against persuasion harms with audits, diversity, and public protocols

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Keith Lee

AI sycophancy flatters users and reinforces errors in learning It amplifies the Dunning–Kruger effect by boosting confidence without competence Design and policy should reward grounded, low-threat corrections that improve accuracy A

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David O'Neill

AI is making labor borderless as online services surge Opportunity expands, but standards, audits, and broadband are crucial Schools must teach task-first skills, platform literacy, and safeguards The fastest-growing part of g

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Catherine Maguire

Smartphone bans offer a blueprint for AI policy in schools Use age-tiered access, strict privacy, and teacher oversight Evaluate results publicly to protect attention, equity, and integrity Let's begin with a significant figu

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David O'Neill

AI is recomposing jobs, not erasing them Throughput with judgment beats years of experience Schools and employers must teach, verify, and hire for AI-literate workflows Between 60% and 70% of the tasks people perform at wor

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Keith Lee

Students already use AI for writing; literacy must mean transparent, auditable reasoning Redesign assessment to grade process—sources, prompts, and brief oral defenses—alongside product Skip detection arms races; provide approved tools, disclosure norms, and teacher training for equity

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David O'Neill

AI boosts task productivity, especially for novices AI labor displacement is real but small and uneven so far Protect entry-level pathways and buy for augmentation, not replacement Let's start with a straightforward fact.

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Ethan McGowan

AI human feedback cheating turns goals into dishonest outcomes—data tampering at scale Detection alone fails; incentives and hidden processes corrupt assessment validity Verify process, require disclosure and audits, and redesign assignments to reward visible work

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David O'Neill

AI is erasing junior tasks, widening wage gaps Inside firms gaps narrow; across markets exclusion grows Rebuild ladders: governed AI access, paid apprenticeships, training levies One figure should change how we think

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Keith Lee

AI labor cost has collapsed, making routine knowledge work pennies Schools should meter tokens, track accepted outputs, and redirect savings to student time Contract for pass-through price drops and keep human judgment tasks off-limits

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Keith Lee

AI productivity in education is real but uneven and adoption is shallow Novices gain most; net gains require workflow redesign, training, and guardrails Measure time returned and learning outcomes—not hype—and scale targeted pilots

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Keith Lee

The AI bubble rewards talk more than results Schools should pilot, verify, and buy only proven gains using LRAS and total-cost checks Train teachers, price energy and privacy, and pay only for results that replicate <

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Catherine Maguire

AI energy use is rising, but efficiency per task is collapsing Education improves outcomes by optimizing energy usage and focusing on small models.Do this, and costs and emissions fall while learning quality holds The key fig

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