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Recommended as a balanced take on AI and education, with the point that learning takes work that no technology can do for you.
Veritasium's Derek Muller gives a Perimeter Institute livestream on how AI might change teaching and learning. He draws on past technology shifts and cognitive science to argue that learning requires effortful repetition.
“I think the best take on that I've seen so far was from Derek (Veritasium) in this recent talk” (HN, 2025)
If anyone is interested in AI in relation to learning, I think the best take on that I've seen so far was from Derek (Veritasium) in this recent talk: [this video] It's a lot more balanced compared to the doomy attitude in the primary post.
Derek Muller from the Veritasium channel gave a great (and funny) talk[1] about how AI will not revolutionize education and I'll quote my favorite part: "The world is full of heavy objects; yet not everyone is ripped". Meaning that what fails with AI in education is also what fails in education without AI: lack of motivation that a good coach could provide. [1] [this video]
Great, funny talk on why AI won't revolutionize education.
Derek Muller of Veritasium has a presentation on why the promises of a revolution in education are never fulfilled. [0] His hottest take is we're already close to the optimal process for learning, so technology isn't going to improve it. Learning takes work, and no technology can do the work for you. [0] [this video]
I am reminded of Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning (original video [this video] ) from a year ago. "The world is full of heavy things, and yet most of us aren't ripped." AI is an opportunity. On the one hand, it can be used to let our minds and social lives atrophy. On the other hand, it is an opportunity to help our minds grow. Most people will make the lazy choice. But you can choose to do otherwise. Take, for example, speeches. I do not let AI write my speeches. But my speeches are better for having been critiqued by AI. But the result is still my speech. My thoughts, my ideas, my words, and my meaning. Just improved with rounds of feedback about where it fell flat, where I was likely to lose people, and so on. Feedback that I had to fix. So do not let AI write your speeches. But do use it to push yourself harder.
Learning requires effort; AI can help minds grow or atrophy.
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