How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited in AI-and-education threads as the optimistic case and demo for AI tutoring, and as a source on Khan Academy's LLM approach.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TED

Topic

ai tutoring in education

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• You are just giving them ChatGPT with a bit of prompt engineering, and evaluating them on math problems, which we know LLMs make errors on because they are not calculators. You aren't putting in the effort needed to build a real tutor and learning assistant. …

• Sal Khan gave a good Ted Talk on his thoughts around AI in Education. Some pretty cool demos in there showing what a tutor could be like and other opportunities [VIDEO] How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan --- edit: Khanmigo has …

• > GenAI is a threat to student learning and wellbeing. This blanket dismissal is not going to age well, and reads like a profession lashing out. With the right system prompt, AI can be a patient, understanding, encouraging, non-judgemental tutor that adapts and moves at …