
← All Things Negotiation21 Apr · 50 min
Sal Khan on AI, Education, and the Future of Work
<p>Sal Khan reflects on growing Khan Academy from tutoring cousins in 2004 into a nonprofit serving nearly 200 million registered users across 50+ languages with 350 staff, driven by a mission of free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Sal shares how he negotiated with himself and his collaborators to keep Khan Academy a non-profit organization that's mission-driven. He dives into the most prominent issues facing education today including systemic problems inherited from the incumbents in the space, as well as new challenges and opportunities being ushered in with the rise of AI technology. </p><p><br></p><p>Check out schoolhouse.world. </p><p>http://schoolhouse.world/</p><p><br></p><p>Please consider donating to Khan Academy</p><p>http://khanacademy.org/donate</p><p><br></p><p> 00:00 Khan Academy Scale</p><p>00:27 Why It Became An Institution</p><p>02:05 Origin Story Tutoring Cousins</p><p>04:15 Money Versus Mission</p><p>06:51 Why Stay Nonprofit</p><p>09:52 Working With School Systems</p><p>12:52 Winning Teacher Trust</p><p>15:58 District Negotiations And Privacy</p><p>19:09 OpenAI Outreach And GPT-4 Demo</p><p>22:10 Building Conmigo AI Tutor</p><p>23:39 Beyond Tutoring Writing And Cheating</p><p>24:03 AI Writing Coach Workflow</p><p>24:50 Assessing Soft Skills</p><p>26:27 Next Gen Standardized Tests</p><p>26:56 Scaling Durable Skills Training</p><p>28:20 Why He Wrote Brave New Words</p><p>32:50 Rethinking What Schools Teach</p><p>33:26 Who Sets Curriculum Signals</p><p>37:13 Job Shock and Automation Fears</p><p>39:28 Who Pays for Reskilling</p><p>43:20 Screen Time and Healthy Tech</p><p>45:18 Can Khan Reduce Inequality</p><p>47:28 Global Impact Stories Wrap Up</p><p><br></p><p>Host Stan Christensen has spent his career working as a professional negotiator in a variety of arenas. He has also taught a popular course on negotiation at Stanford University for over twenty years. <br></p>