DeepMind researcher argues AI tutors should personalize learning and free students for passion projects, but kids still need school for human connection and becoming well-rounded people, not just AI operators.
It's very hard to predict where AI will be in five to 10 years, what the role of education will be. We are actively thinking about this. I think what's becoming clear is the importance of human connections and building, kind of making sure that our next generation grows up as complete humans so that they're not just, just automatons who, you know, provide prompts to AI and just kind of live in this AI driven world where AI really is still a tool that helps human flourishing and helps prove and increase human connections. So I think for my child, I would want him to still go to school and to still have experiences learning how to communicate with his peers, how to talk to his teachers and be inspired by his teachers. I hope that AI can be something that helps him maybe learn faster and learn more and kind of really personalize his learning so that when he's really passionate about something, he can go off and go deeper with AI and maybe be able to do these projects that not supported at school, but he can do at home with his peers. And AI can serve as kind of this facilitator and help them again achieve more interesting outcomes with their projects. But at the end of the day, I think I want him to have the breadth of experiences and knowledge and just learn how to be a good human.
