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Frank: Society should cultivate early engineering talent like elite youth sports
“I think you can identify kids who have a potential, like engineering talent pretty early. And if you develop that, this is, it's like, this is what they do for sports. And so like, if we're looking at people who can actually advance civilization and You know, …”
Frank: AI tutors will accelerate learning and eliminate need for homework
“I think what we're going to see, I think AI tutors are going to drive this. I think you could actually learn one E to 30 X faster. I don't think there's going to be a need for any homework. I think kids are just going to use AI tutors to learn the fundamentals…”
Frank: Universal school choice would make schools as efficient as grocery stores
“I think that's maybe one of the most exciting things that government can do, because I think, you know, then you would be as well served by education as people were served by like grocery stores, and they'll just be You know, kind of wild, like cutthroat compe…”
Synthesis Co-Founder: Screens Are Underrated for Education Compared to Paper
“I think like for learning screens are like extraordinarily powerful. Like you can simulate almost anything on a screen and yeah, that's like underrated. You know, I think people like don't realize how Amazing that is. There's a lot of Luddites and who are like…”
Frank: AI math tutors will be a major part of every child's education
“And now, you know, we're, we have built an AI math tutor that I think is is, is taken off pretty well. And I think it's going to be A major part of every kid's education in the future.”
Frank: Computers are better at transmitting math and science fundamentals than humans
“I think when it comes to learning, you know, math, science, engineering, the fundamentals, these are, this is information. And so information can be transmitted through computers. In a lot of ways, you know, better than a human can do it.”
Frank: Duolingo's heavy gamification means hardly anyone actually learns a language
“Like for us, there's, you know, there's things like Duolingo, which famously, you know, it's maybe really good at getting their early retention and engagement, but, you know, hardly anybody knows someone who's learned a language from Duolingo. So they kind of …”
Frank: Current AI development is not on track to replace human thinking
“I don't see that the AIs are going to be able to do our thinking for us. I mean, that's like a totally different world. It doesn't look to me like we're on the path to getting that.”
Frank: Future Synthesis physical schools would model European soccer youth academies
“If we did something like that, we'd probably do something like an academy. Like the, I always admire that the European soccer clubs, what they do is they'll have an academy attached to all their professional teams. And they'll bring kids in at, like, age six o…”
Frank: California public schools cost roughly $20,000 per student annually
“In California, for example, it costs like 20,000 dollars a year to put a kid through the public school system, which is just like an extreme amount of money. And that's a little bit higher than the national average, but not by much.”