Dive into the future of education with Sal Khan, the pioneering Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, as he unveils Khanmigo – a revolutionary AI-powered guide in a conversation at the Abundance360 Summit. Explore the immense potential AI holds for global education systems, and learn how Khan Academy continues to innovate in its mission to provide free, world-class education to all corners of the glob

Summary

  • Khan Academy is revolutionizing education with personalized tutoring
    • Sultana from Afghanistan self-educated on Khan Academy and got admitted to Arizona State University
    • OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology can personalize every student’s education
    • AI and machine learning can solve education crisis within the next decade
  • OpenAI reached out to Khan Academy to train and evaluate their next-generation model, gpt4.
    • OpenAI wanted to benchmark gpt4 by using Khan Academy’s tens of thousands of items.
    • OpenAI also wanted to launch with a handful of organizations that can show a social positive use case.
    • Khan Academy saw the potential of gpt4 to help every learner on the planet get a tutor and every teacher get a teaching assistant.
    • The technology of gpt4 was far better than chat GPT and could even do math.
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  • Continuous monitoring of body through Levels and AI-based personalized education are the future of medicine and education
    • Levels helps in analyzing the impact of food on the body, based on genetics and physiology
    • AI-based personalized education is the gold standard in education, and AI tutoring can make it economic and accessible to all
  • Conmigo is a virtual world where users can interact with NPCs like Aristotle and have meaningful conversations.
    • The technology behind Conmigo is an engineering effort rather than a research effort.
    • The platform will soon have speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities, and a layer of memory to remember previous interactions.
    • The math works better on Conmigo than on GPT4, and the platform uses private thoughts to improve the tutoring experience.
  • Khan Academy has had a significant impact on education
    • Over 150 million registered users, 500 public school districts involved
    • Peaked at 30 million students per month during pandemic
    • 3-fold increase in learning minutes per day during pandemic
    • Available in 50+ languages, with 12 billion minutes per year
  • Spending 60 minutes a week on Khan Academy can accelerate student’s learning by 30-50 percent
    • Schools need support and training to integrate Khan Academy systematically
    • Khan Academy’s goal is to provide personalized education from pre-c to college level and work on translating it into credit and job opportunities
  • AI can support and empower individuals like Sultana to achieve great things
    • Sultana’s story of overcoming obstacles and achieving her dreams with the help of AI
    • AI has the potential to empower more individuals like Sultana to achieve great things
  • AI can revolutionize education by enabling personalized, experiential learning.
    • Teachers can focus on facilitating workshops, Socratic dialogue, laboratories and field trips, while AI takes over grading, organizing students, and providing personalized feedback.
    • AI can enable students to learn at their own pace and free form, and grade their work automatically.
    • AI can create personalized curricula based on student interests and abilities, and prompt students to develop critical thinking skills through debates and summaries.
    • Teachers can use AI as an army of assistants to group students, organize debates, and summarize their performance.
    • Conversational AI can help teachers have honest discussions with students about the practical applications of what they are learning.

This discussion delves into the transformative power of AI and machine learning in addressing the global education crisis. Sal Khan, CEO of Khan Academy, highlights the organization’s collaboration with OpenAI, aiming to leverage their GPT-4 technology for personalized learning experiences. Success stories like Sultana from Afghanistan, who used Khan Academy for self-education and got admitted to Arizona State University, illustrate the potential of such technological advancements. Khan Academy’s latest project, Khanmigo, represents a leap forward, integrating GPT-4 technology to offer meaningful interactions in a virtual world. Continuous monitoring systems like Levels, in conjunction with AI, are poised to be the future of medicine and education.

My toughts

The blend of AI and education can be transformative, offering personalized, affordable, and globally accessible learning opportunities. It’s inspiring to see the strides taken by organizations like Khan Academy and OpenAI, who aim to democratize education and help learners from all walks of life, exemplified by Sultana’s story. Khanmigo, with its forthcoming advancements in speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and interactive learning experiences, paints a promising picture for the future of education. However, alongside these advancements, it’s essential to navigate challenges related to privacy, data security, and ensuring equitable access to these technologies. Ultimately, AI’s role should be to augment teachers‘ capabilities, not replace them, fostering an education system that encourages creativity, critical thinking, and personalized growth.