The OECD just published an important report on the impact of AI on education. This should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in the topic. According to this report, Gen AI has huge potential to help both teachers and students, improving their creativity, productivity and performance. Gen AI has also the potential to enhance tutoring and teaching quality, support collaborative learning, as well as improve student pass rates. Thus, AI has truly the potential to dramatically change education and our education systems. However, there are also several risks that we should be aware. For instance, in one randomized experience mentioned by the report, access to Gen AI tools improved performance in maths by about 48%, but students performed 17% worse once access was removed (graph below). In other words, while Gen AI can be a great education tool, it is essential that we develop purpose-built tools for education that make students and teachers active participants and not passive consumers. As the OECD, rightly emphasizes, “the challenge for policymakers is to ensure that GenAI is a learning partner and not a learning shortcut.” A must read. oecd.org/en/publications/oec… @OECDEduSkills @oecd @SchleicherOECD