Posted on 12/16/2025 2:32:31 AM PST by RoosterRedux
On Monday, investor Ross Gerber echoed the sentiment of Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang on artificial intelligence being an education equalizer.
Gerber Kawasaki co-founder said in a post on X that AI is rapidly leveling the education playing field, arguing that students no longer need expensive tutors or test-prep classes if they know how to use AI tools effectively.
He went on to add that children should be learning to work with systems such as Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Gemini, describing AI as a learning companion that can outperform traditional teaching methods in many cases.
“AI is a great education equalizer,” he wrote, adding, “It's better than most of the teachers now at teaching… teach your kid AI now or they will be left behind…”
Gerber's comments align with remarks Huang made in January, when he said students should prioritize learning how to interact with generative AI.
Huang said effective AI use depends on asking clear, thoughtful questions and giving structured instructions.
He likened AI to a highly capable but inexperienced assistant that needs precise guidance to deliver useful results. Huang said mastering this interaction can significantly improve career prospects and job performance.
“If I were a student today, irrespective of whether it’s for math or science or chemistry or biology — doesn’t matter what field of science I’m going into or what profession — I’m going to ask myself, ‘How can I use AI to do my job better?'” he stated at the time.
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I have many concerns about AI but the writing is on the wall for government schools — they are not needed for average or gifted kids. The GOP should jump on School Choice options, with Home Schooling being one of the options. AI will make Home Schooling viable for anyone. Kill the government schools. And sell the public on the idea of a lifestyle that works with a single income.
I think public funding for real special needs kids still makes sense. And I support public funding for what would essentially be “prisons for children” for those kids who just cannot behave and who will obviously lives lives of crime.
Totally pathetic.
LLMs are dumbing down our already dumbed-down kids at a record rate.
I use Grok because it is more empirical/analytical and less chat-oriented than others (i.e., not only is it not sycophantic, it can be downright argumentative—which I like). It can rip apart 10-Ks and Qs quickly.
That said, and as the article says, one's success in using AI depends on asking the right questions very precisely.
Well said.
Cheaters and lazy kids will cheat and get dumber. Smart kids who want to learn and grow will use AI to get smarter.
Can't argue with that as it applies to kids who don't want to learn.
I don’t know how to stop the dumbing down of kids using AI. It obviously needs to be limited in some way during education.
Maybe regulate so that AI produced words are denoted in some way?
[I use AI daily to analyze companies as investment opportunities.
I use Grok because it is more empirical/analytical and less chat-oriented than others (i.e., not only is it not sycophantic, it can be downright argumentative—which I like). It can rip apart 10-Ks and Qs quickly.
That said, and as the article says, one’s success in using AI depends on asking the right questions very precisely.]
True. For that reason, I double-check and corroborate everything it says.
All tech is dumbing them down. The only solution is to get computers, phones, video projection, etc., out of classrooms—and students back to reading full books.
Then 100% of American kids are lazy cheaters.
I’m sorry, you are just clueless.
Spend some time teaching American children and young adults and you will understand otherwise.
As to your comment about its errors, I treat it like a brilliant but goofy assistant. If asked the right questions, it can (in a collaborative way) come up with some amazing “ideas,” but you have to test those ideas very painstakingly.
You are nasty and argumentative as usual.
Perhaps your "children" are just lazy and uninterested in learning.
I wasn't like that then and I am not like that now.
Great, AI will cater to the lowest common denominator. Which public schools already do. Education = Just look stuffs up! And have AI refine whatever slop you write. We’ll have reading writing an AI.
Jensen is AI intoxicated. He’s just talking his book here.
The best part is that Goog and Amazon have developed their AI chips, are building huge data centers to house them.
“And I support public funding for what would essentially be “prisons for children” for those kids who just cannot behave and who will obviously lives lives of crime.”
NYC used to have special schools for these types. They were called 600 schools.
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NYC’s “600 schools” were specialized institutions for emotionally disturbed and socially maladjusted students. Launched in 1947 by the Board of Education, they aimed to educate children unable to function in regular classrooms due to severe behavioral issues, often linked to truancy or delinquency.
I don’t know why society got away from that concept. There are some kids who can’t function in the classroom. Today’s “solution” is to keep those kids right in the classroom and absolutely ruin everything for the 99% of the students who could otherwise have a productive school day. I guess it makes everyone “equal” because then no one learns anything. Level playing field and all that.
AI is simply the next Encyclopaedia Britannica.
We have to teach junior how to think and discern
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