How to Make AI the Disruption Education Needs

Within days after the release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022 (that’s not even three years ago at this writing), the forecasts both of existential doom for humans and of an idyllic hockey-stick spike in productivity were everywhere. By September 2025, AI is everywhere, integrating with just about everything and seemingly all at once.

The education sector is not an exception, as an item by Damon Beres in Atlantic Intelligence on August 29, 2025, makes clear. Reflecting a dialog between two Atlantic writers who cover the higher education and high school spaces, Ian Bogost and Lila Shroff, the article shows just how pervasive AI use has become, especially among students. The important takeaway is the suggestion Bogost and Schroff give for education, secondary and post-secondary alike, to pivot toward what AI can’t do, such as create opportunities for students to learn more slowly, deeply, and experientially.

We have held since the beginning that catching students cheating with AI is a losing proposition for schools. Sooner or later every new technology (think calculators and word processors of yore) gets accommodated by educators, often because the students get ahead of their teachers. While some see AI’s disruptive potential as less than advertised, we see a watershed moment for the schools to redefine how they add value. Don’t lose this opportunity!