Episode · a16z Podcast · 2023-08-14

Books mentioned on Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming

2 books · With Sal Khan, Romy Drucker, Allison Matthews, Anurupa Ganguly · Listen · Watch on YouTube

With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress narrow learning gaps exacerbated by COVID-19 or will it fuel divides?

Sal Khan discussed The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson and The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Diamond Age

   Neal Stephenson · at 33:00

   The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson is a visionary cyberpunk novel exploring nanotechnology, interactive education, and a future society shaped by advanced computing.

   Discussed

   “there I always cite these science fiction books uh Diamond Age where there Favorite book ever. Oh, that's your favorite. Very good.”

   Sal Khan Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming 2023-08-14 Listen at 33:00

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2. The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

   The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

   Neal Stephenson · at 33:21

   Neal Stephenson's novel The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer presents a futuristic, technology-driven society where an advanced interactive tablet tutor radically transforms a young girl's education.

   Discussed

   “It's an AI-based virtual reality app um that can educate a child and it gets pirated. It gets in the hands of these 200,000 orphan girls living in in barges and they just take over”

   Sal Khan Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming 2023-08-14 Listen at 33:21

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible