Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won't destroy education

Decoder with Nilay Patel

This is Hank Green, cofounder of Complexly. You might remember last year when I turned the tables on Nilay and interviewed him on his own show. That was a ton of fun, and it was so much fun that they’ve brought me back again. This time, I’m stepping in for Nilay to host the next few Decoder episodes while he’s out on parental leave.

Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy. Sal was actually Nilay’s second-ever guest on Decoder, back in 2020. And well, a whole lot has changed since then. So I wanted to have Sal back on to ask what it’s like running Khan Academy today, in the aftermath of the pandemic. But also how online learning is about to change, in really dramatic ways, due to artificial intelligence.

Links:

• Sal Khan on A.I.'s promise and its risks | NBC News (YouTube)
• The best-case scenario for AI in schools | BBC News
• Meet Khanmigo: the student tutor AI being tested in schools | 60 Minutes| 60 Minutes
• Remote learning is here to stay — can we make it better? | Decoder
• Hank Green makes Nilay Patel explain why websites have a future | Decoder
• In classrooms, teachers put AI tutoring bots to the test | NYT
• Elite colleges have found a new virtue for applicants to fake | NYT
• Everyone Is cheating their way through college | New York Magazine

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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