This episode, originally from the Learning Curve podcast hosted by FutureU producer Jeff Young, explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping education with Rebecca Winthrop of the Brookings Institution. Young and Winthrop discuss varying levels of student engagement and how AI can either deepen student learning or encourage passivity, depending on how it’s used and what guardrails educators and developers put in place. Winthrop also shares her advice for companies making AI tools for education and students adapting to a rapidly changing academic landscape.
“So we’re in the throes of looking at the data, and I definitely see that there is a path. It’s just a narrow path for Gen AI to really help transform education and schools,” Winthrop states.