The specifics:
According to Karpathy, detectors "don't work" and are "doomed to fail," and teachers will "never be able to detect" the use of AI in homework.
He referenced Google’s Nano Banana Pro, illustrating how it can solve exam problems accurately while copying students’ handwriting.
Karpathy suggested adopting AI as a learning aid outside of the classroom and shifting graded work from take-home assignments to in-school settings.
He said education’s goal in the AI age should be for students to be “proficient in the use of AI” but also able to “exist without it”.
He referenced Google’s Nano Banana Pro, illustrating how it can solve exam problems accurately while copying students’ handwriting.
Karpathy suggested adopting AI as a learning aid outside of the classroom and shifting graded work from take-home assignments to in-school settings.
He said education’s goal in the AI age should be for students to be “proficient in the use of AI” but also able to “exist without it”.
AI has accelerated more faster than schools can prepare for, throwing the entire education system on its head without a clear blueprint for how to handle the changes. It will require a significant effort to rewire schools for a generation growing up with AI, as perspectives on the technology are divided and implementations differ greatly.