From Khan Academy’s earliest days, research-backed pedagogy and learning science have underpinned our learning platform. They turn to us because students who use Khan Academy achieve better-than-expected gains. More than 500 public school districts and schools across the country partner with Khan Academy (up from nine before the pandemic). You could say that we dohave a bottom line and it’s that every student deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. Our North Star is driving more learning, not driving shareholder value or driving profits. I believe we are uniquely suited to do this work.Īs a nonprofit organization, our focus is students, teachers, and administrators. As society grapples with AI, we view it as our responsibility to work deeply with this new technology to explore its potential in education. Today we’re introducing a small AI pilot for a limited number of teachers, students, and donors. To test the possibilities of AI, we’re inviting our district partners to opt in to Khan Labs, a new space for testing learning technology. If we harness AI carefully and share its benefits equally across society, all students can benefit. A lot of work needs to be done.īut I do think we’re at an inflection point in education. AI can still “hallucinate,” which is the term the industry uses for making stuff up. Even the newest generation of AI can still make errors in math. AI can assist teachers with administrative tasks, which saves them valuable time so they can focus on what’s most important-their students. It can guide students as they progress through courses and ask them questions like a tutor would.
When GPT-4 is carefully adapted to a learning environment like Khan Academy, it has enormous potential. Will we amplify its benefits equally across society? Or will we allow a new, deeper digital divide to take root that leaves out even more students? A small AI pilot for a limited number of teachers, students, and donors
They also know what I know: AI is nascent technology, but we already find ourselves at a critical juncture.
They know the steep challenges kids face every day before they even step foot in the classroom. The administrators I spoke with that day are champions for a community of students who are growing up in poverty. One person in attendance said, “This aligns with our vision of creating thinkers.” It is not an exaggeration to say that it was one of the most positive reactions to a technology demo that I’ve ever done-if not the most positive reaction. I showed them an experimental artificial intelligence tool we’re developing at Khan Academy that uses GPT-4. A few days ago, I gave a technology demonstration to a handful of public school administrators.
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