Exploring AI in Education
AI is disrupting every industry, and education must not be left behind. In this post, I will focus on the potential role of AI in formal education to help people become the best version of themselves—from childhood to adulthood.
In my previous blog post, I advocated for tools and skills that should be integrated into the curriculum of traditional schools. Now, I want to explore how AI can help create personalized curricula for each student, enhancing the educational experience, developing each student’s strengths and competitive edge, and helping them discover a viable and fulfilling career path.
It’s time to move beyond the "one-size-fits-all" approach.
Let’s imagine a future where children arrive at school and there are no traditional classrooms. Instead, there are collaborative spaces where they can play and socialize. Rather than completing schoolwork in the traditional sense, students face challenges they must work together to overcome through play and trial-and-error.
These challenges are designed by AI to develop specific problem-solving skills in children. Afterward, they have time and space to reflect on the experience and how it made them feel. This process is guided by teachers, who help children work through the challenges and articulate their emotions using a variety of methods.
Students also spend time learning math, languages, history, and art with the help of AI, which tailors content to each child's level and specific challenges. With teacher support, children are encouraged to interact with AI—using it as both a virtual teacher and a personal assistant.
As they grow, students continue solving challenges with educational purposes, reflecting on their emotions, and learning skills and tools tailored to their strengths, interests, and personalities, informed by historical data AI has gathered over time.
By the time they reach high school, students have opportunities to gain hands-on experience with real-world projects and companies. They are encouraged to explore and test new ideas, manage resources, and apply the knowledge and skills they have developed throughout their education.
Technology and AI are embedded into their projects, and of course, students continue learning core knowledge from traditional curricula in the humanities, sciences, and languages. At this stage, they also begin honing soft skills essential for the age of AI—strategic thinking, creativity, communication, teamwork, resilience, and emotional intelligence.
Higher education becomes a space for specialization—including the option to specialize in being a generalist. AI-powered platforms use students’ data to help them identify fulfilling and productive career paths aligned with their interests and strengths, while also taking market needs into account.
These platforms also match students with potential job opportunities and help them build the necessary skills to thrive. Higher education, guided by AI, becomes a launchpad for long-term career success and satisfaction.
Throughout their careers, these now-adults have continuous opportunities to explore new career paths and upskill, based on their evolving interests and changing market demands.
AI supports them every step of the way—enhancing their skills and connecting them with opportunities aligned to their personal and professional goals. In this world, technology becomes a true catalyst for productivity, personal fulfillment, and economic efficiency.
For this scenario to become reality, several assumptions need to hold true.
These assumptions include: the widespread availability of advanced AI, the redefined role of school teachers, the demand for soft skills in future labor markets, and strong safeguards around children’s data and privacy, among others.
The scenario described above is exploratory. I believe many of us feel that today’s educational system is broken. Access to education remains unequal. The "one-size-fits-all" approach doesn’t serve everyone. And not everyone gets to pursue a fulfilling career.
But change is only possible when we imagine it…
