Browsing: Education
Mathematicians grapple with a ‘very rapid and very unsettling change’ as AI cracks yet another century-old problem
On Sunday afternoon, while the rest of the world’s eyes were glued to the World Cup final, an AI model…
AI is boosting student homework scores, but tanking exam performances even years after adoption
Students using AI shortcuts for their homework may be sacrificing their test scores—even years down the line. New research published…
Oscar-winning director behind ‘The Odyssey,’ Christopher Nolan, was once rejected from film school
The opening weekend for The Odyssey was nothing short of epic. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old tale brought…
America’s math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot
At the turn of the century, educational technology initiatives put laptop keyboards at the fingertips of U.S. schoolchildren. Now, 25…
Why has a college degree become akin to an unaffordable luxury for millions of Americans?I am a scholar of the…
Americans are quietly abandoning the daily habit that billionaires say set them up for success
Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey all share a daily habit that most Americans have quietly abandoned: reading books.…
Anduril’s billionaire founder warns U.S. colleges are falling behind China—where students are learning AI
As competition between the U.S. and China intensifies in artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey believes the…
AI will disrupt millions of jobs. A century ago, America’s answer was to build a new high school
Earlier this week, noted short-seller Carson Block predicted that AI-driven job losses could eliminate 15% of knowledge worker positions within…
I skipped college and founded a company at 18. Several exits later, this is what I learned
When I told my parents that I was skipping college to start my own company instead, they saw it as…
Washington let Pell Grants pay for welding school, then buried the idea in 85 pages of red tape
Ask anyone trying to staff a plant floor, a job site, or a service fleet what keeps them up at…












