Don't Panic: AI Might End Humanity, But Apparently Laptops Ended Education First

This week on the AI in Education Podcast, Ray is taking a well-earned break, hopefully enjoying a piña colada somewhere sunny while still keeping one eye on the week's AI headlines. Joining Dan as special co-host is Chris Goodall, education leader from the Bourne Education Trust in the UK. Together they unpack one of the most extraordinary weeks of AI news in recent memory, from warnings of existential risk and calls to slow AI development, through to debates about trust, regulation and whether "move fast and break things" is finally coming to an end.

The conversation then shifts to back to education, where the release of the latest PISA results has reignited debates about screen time, technology and student outcomes. Are laptops really to blame for declining results? Or are we falling into the trap of confusing correlation with causation?

Note: This episode was recorded before the news of the OpenAI Australian government Medicare hack, details of which can be found here: Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Sources mentioned
• Chris Goodall | LinkedIn
• Screentime limits in public schools to lift our game in the classroom
• Mustafa Suleyman: A Code of Conduct for Humanist AI
• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for AI Development to Slow Down
• David McCandless: Information is Beautiful
• Ex-Anthropic Insider Discusses AI Risk on CNN
• Vibe coding - Wikipedia
• Ban the Screens, Keep the Regret: A Rant I Had to Get Out of My System
• Occam's Broom in the Classroom - Lauren Sayer (laurensayer1.substack.com/p/occams-broom-in-th…)
• Michelle Michaels thought piece - an excellent narrative on the nuiances behind the current news of technology in classroom as always