The program is very simple
The program is incredibly straightforward. Hi everyone, Sal Khan here from Khan Academy and I’m very excited to let you all know about the work we’re doing in Artificial Intelligence. Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of discussion about Artificial Intelligence that has been both exciting and scary. We can all see the potential it has to help people, and even tutor them one day, but we also know there are drawbacks. It can sometimes hallucinate, make up facts, or not get the math right. It could introduce bias, or students might try to use it to do their assignments for them.
At Khan Academy, we view it as our responsibility, as a not-for-profit with a mission of providing free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere, that also prides itself on being at the cutting edge of technology, to start deeply working with Artificial Intelligence, while also threading the needle to maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks.
Today, Khan Academy is launching Conmigo and putting it behind Con Labs, which is a new program we’re doing as part of Khan Academy. This program gives access to a smaller subset of educators, parents, students, and donors, so they can test it and refine it before it’s released to more people.
Conmigo is an Artificial Intelligence assistant that is integrated into everything Khan Academy does. For example, if a student wants a hint while doing an exercise on Khan Academy, Conmigo can act as a tutor. We think Artificial Intelligence needs to be used for real learning and not for cheating. As we come out of the pandemic, Conmigo can be especially powerful as it can help address unfinished learning.
Conmigo can also help teachers write lesson plans, act as a coach to do activities with students, and help students debate topics, have conversations with historical figures, and get help with problems they have to do in class or for homework.
We are also adding more safeguards to activities, as well as ways for parents and teachers to monitor student activity. They can see a log of what the students have been up to, as well as get notifications if there are any conversations.