Can AI really teach your kids? with Leah Belsky

Technology has been promising to revolutionize education for a long time. Online learning, smartphones, and even asynchronous classes during COVID seemed for a while like they might finally transform what learning can look like, but all we really learned was that changing education is slower and harder than anyone wants it to be. Could AI finally be the unlock we’ve been looking for? Leah Belsky has spent nearly 20 years at the intersection of education and technology. She helped lead Coursera during the rise of online learning, and is now the head of education at OpenAI. In this episode, Molly sits down with Leah to find out what AI really has to offer as a learning tool, and where it falls short of the hype. Leah shares what she’s learned as both a leader in the ed tech world and a parent of AI-curious kids, and offers tips for how to coach kids to use AI as an empowering tool without getting in the way of their learning. Follow our podcasts! WorkLife with Molly Graham: https://link.mgln.ai/nWar83 00:00 AI's promise and potential in education 01:51 Introducing Leah Belsky 04:39 What Leah learned at Coursera 07:14 Has tech actually changed education? 09:56 Why it's so hard to change the education system 11:00 Why AI is different 15:09 How ChatGPT helped Leah's daughter learn 16:44 How AI could revolutionize learning 18:28 What AI is missing right now 21:00 Does AI make people dumber? 24:34 Why schools should implement AI learning tools 27:34 Why AI can't replace teachers 29:40 The most exciting uses of AI 31:38 Do students use AI to cheat? 35:08 What role should AI play in the classroom? 38:17 The most important human skills 40:10 Parenting with AI 42:02 What is learning? 44:38 Reflections The TED Podcasts is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Podcasts videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz.... For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.