"In the rush to deliver AI benefits directly to students, the role of teachers is often overlooked. AI tutors, as exciting as they are, do not replace the complex role of a teacher in front of a class."

"Strategy 1: AI-created examples"

"Explaining complicated ideas often means giving students lots of examples so they can truly grasp what you mean. When teachers provide multiple examples, it helps students understand abstract concepts in a real-world way, challenges them to think critically, and shows how subtle aspects of ideas can work in different situations."

"AI can help teachers generate a ton of diverse examples tailored to what students care about and what they're working on. With AI-generated examples, teachers can make sure they're accessible but also informative."

"Strategy 2: AI-created explanations"

"Helping students truly understand new ideas is key to teaching them anything."

"The goal is for students to be able to explain what they've learned in their own words."

"AI can generate different explanations, walk through ideas step-by-step, and add in more examples. If some students are struggling, AI can provide simpler summaries to get them caught up. Teachers can also use AI to improve their own explanations by making them simpler or adding more examples."

"Strategy 3: Using AI to develop low-stakes tests"

"Contrary to the popular belief that tests only serve to assess knowledge, they actually play a pivotal role in the learning process itself. By incorporating repeated testing and knowledge retrieval, students are better equipped to retain information in the long term."

"Strategy 4: Assessing what students know, and what they are confused by"

"Short check-in exercises are key for helping students and teachers understand the course material. They provide real-time feedback, allowing them to identify gaps in knowledge and areas that need clarifying."

"By prompting students to think more deeply about the course material, these assessments can pave the way for a more enriching and engaging learning experience. Then they can use AI to help summarize the results."

"Strategy 5: Distributed practice with AI"

"distributed practice means revisiting material several times over an extended period. This approach helps students form better mental models, remember those half-forgotten facts, and really get a deeper understanding of concepts."

"Linking new ideas to concepts students already know promotes deeper learning, and AI can lend a hand by weaving past topics into lectures or discussions. By asking the AI to find relationships between concepts, teachers can present various connections between ideas, making them clearer for students."

"To start, you should probably watch the short video of Virtual Me and Real Me giving the same talk about entrepreneurship. Nothing about the Virtual Me part of the video is real, even the script was completely AI-generated."

"When it comes to startups, my first piece of advice is to focus on solving a real problem for customers."

"Another important thing to keep in mind is that startups are a long-term game."

"There are now a lot of services that can create realistic, virtual voices. Many of these can create voices that mimic anybody with high accuracy. For my experiment, I used a service called ElevenLabs, which cost me only $5."

"The bad news, or at least some of it, is immediately obvious. You probably shouldn’t trust any video or audio recording ever again."

"There are some good use cases for this as well: realistic AI-run avatars could serve as customer support agents, personal tutors, and more."

"Hopefully, the positive uses will outweigh the negative, but our world is changing rapidly, and the consequences are likely to be huge."