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AI & Learning | Dialogues on Technology and Society

Sal Khan & James Manyika I Google Research I 2025

Sal Khan & James Manyika I Google Research I 2025

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Background

A dialogue between Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, and James Manyika about the evolution of education and the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence. Khan recounts the organic origins of Khan Academy, which began with remote tutoring for his cousins and focused on creating practice exercises to address knowledge gaps before the introduction of video lessons on YouTube. The conversation then shifts to the profound impact of frontier AI models, which Khan views as a game-changer that finally allows Khan Academy to approximate the personalized, Socratic interaction of a great human tutor at massive scale. Crucially, Khan emphasizes the importance of implementing ethical guardrails and transparency tools like Khanmigo to ensure AI acts as an ethical tutor and writing coach, preventing cheating while enhancing the learning process for students and providing critical insights for teachers and parents.