Sal shared how AI has the potential to scale this tutoring economically and provide personalized instruction to students on a global level with the help of an AI-powered assistant. Bloom referred to this finding as the “Two Sigma Problem,” since providing one-to-one tutoring to all students has long been unattainable due to cost and scalability issues. – Development of safe artificial intelligence to benefit humanityįollow us for more stories on Elon Musk: Google News | Flipboard | RSS (Feedly).The “Two Sigma Problem” and AI’s solution:īenjamin Bloom’s 1984 “Two Sigma” study highlighted the benefits of one-to-one tutoring, which resulted in a two standard deviation improvement in students’ performance. – Human space exploration research and advocacy The Musk Foundation website lists the following areas the non-profit organizations donate to:
In the world of Elon, colleges are a place to socialize with same-age students, having fun, and proving that you can do your homework - he expressed these views in an interview (video below). Khan is himself a fan of Elon Musk and admires his vision and mission whether it be the Tesla electric vehicles, sustainable energy, or SpaceX aiming to make human life multi-planetary.Įlon Musk is not a big fan of the traditional education system, in the age of the internet and computers, learning is basically free for the ones who truly want to learn. Sal Khan recalls the first time Elon Musk visited the Khan Academy office in 2013, he still remembers a user comment on the event’s YouTube video, “I want to find someone who looks at me the same way that Sal looks at Elon,” said someone anonymous. Using this grant, Khan Academy will be able to further enhance the user experience of their online courses and make learning science, engineering, and all the other subjects more engaging, says Sal Khan in the following video. There are billions of people around the globe who can benefit from this effort by Khan Academy and funding sources like the Musk Foundation. I myself recently have started learning Electrical Engineering at Khan Academy, I enrolled in this course to better understand sustainable energy and electric vehicles. In addition to the currently available courses, Khan Academy aspires to cater to all educational levels from Kindergarten to college courses.
With this sizable donation, Khan Academy will be able to accelerate the creation of all sorts of educational content, freely available for humanity. Khan admires Elon Musk’s efforts in spreading free education for everyone on the planet. Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy gave a big shout out to Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation for a generous donation of $5 million.
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