Elon Musk thinks the entire education system is built on a broken assumption.
That every student should learn the same thing. At the same speed. In the same order. At the same time.
Musk: “Everyone goes through from like 5th grade to 6th grade to 7th grade like it’s an assembly line. But people are not objects on an assembly line.”
The model was designed for a factory economy. Standardized inputs. Predictable outputs.
That economy is gone. The assembly line is gone.
But the education system still runs on its logic.
A student who masters algebra in two weeks sits through eight more weeks because the calendar says so. A student who struggles gets dragged forward because the schedule doesn’t wait.
Neither is being served. Both are being processed.
Musk: “Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject.”
AI doesn’t teach a classroom. It teaches a student.
One at a time. Every time.
It skips what a student already knows. It finds where they’re stuck and approaches it from a different angle.
It adjusts in real time. Not at the end of a semester when the damage is already done.
A student obsessed with basketball learns fractions through shooting percentages. A student who builds in Minecraft learns geometry through architecture.
The subject doesn’t change. The entry point does.
No teacher with thirty students can do this. Not because they lack skill.
Because the math doesn’t work.
AI doesn’t have that constraint.
Musk: “You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day. So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling.”
The brain isn’t broken. The format is.
Kids learn complex systems and strategic thinking for hours voluntarily. Then walk into a classroom and can’t focus for twenty minutes.
That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a design problem.
Musk: “A university education is often unnecessary. You probably learn the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates.”
Four years. Six figures of debt.
And the real value comes from the people sitting next to you. Not the institution charging you.
The degree doesn’t certify knowledge. It certifies endurance.
Musk: “If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.”
The system was built to train employees. If you’re not trying to be one, it has nothing left to offer you.
Every lecture. Every textbook. Every curriculum. Now available instantly. Personalized to any learner. Adapted to any pace.
The question isn’t whether the old model survives.
It’s how long we keep forcing students through it while the replacement already exists.
AI Agents vs. Agentic AI
Interesting paper summarizing distinctions between AI Agents and Agentic AI.
It also talks about the key ideas, solutions, and the future.
Here are my notes:
when i was recovering from surgery, i was on the same floor as the children's cancer ward
it was genuinely some of the saddest stuff i've seen in my life
i knew that when i got healthy I wanted to do something to help these kids
i had a pretty challenging Q4 last year, so to take my mind off of it, I reached out to the hospital
together we made a special package where my donation would be exclusively used to support the children on that floor!
when I met the people in charge, they were super kind. they told me the history of the hospital, exactly how they’d be using my donation, and how I’d be updated over the next year with updates
they also gave me a little plaque and then took photos to commemorate the event, which was nice
I couldn’t donate too much because the majority of my net worth is in Jenni stock, but I hope I can continue to donate more each year
lastly, i recognize that it is a little cringe to announce donations, and self-awareness of the cringe still does not absolve oneself of the sin of cringe, but I hope that sharing publicly maybe pushes someone else to donate if they have extra money
either way, was a fun and meaningful experience for me
hope you had a happy lunar new year :)
What a way to celebrate one year of incredible Gemini progress -- #1🥇across the board on overall ranking, as well as on hard prompts, coding, math, instruction following, and more, including with style control on.
Thanks to the hard work of everyone in the Gemini team and elsewhere at Google! 🎊
I fucking love the Jenni team
Obviously they're talented, competent, and hard-working
But more importantly they're just such solid people + so pleasant to be around
The secret to hiring is to just never hire unless someone is so spectacular that you have to break your rule 🤠
OpenAI’s new o1 models are available in Cursor!
We’ve found o1 to be excellent at well-specified, reasoning-intense problems. We still recommend sonnet/4o for most tasks.
We’re initially rolling out the models with usage-based pricing but will iterate as rate limits increase.
What can an 8-year-old build in 45 minutes with the assistance of AI?
My daughter has been learning to code with @cursor_ai and it's mind-blowing🤯
Here are highlights from her second coding session. In 45 minutes she built a chatbot powered by @CloudflareDev Workers AI 👀
My first ever interview is out now 🤯
EO flew all the way out to my hometown just to chat with me ✈️
I talk about the terrible and painful times we endured while running Jenni and our recent traction
Let me know what you think 🤠
Our startup won top 3 at the Vercel AI Accelerator!! 🥳
Was quite nervous for demo day, but glad that it worked out 🤠
Huge shoutout to @nutlope and @rauchg for accepting us and being so helpful throughout the last 6 weeks!
An absolutely Momentous achievement for India !! #Chandrayaan3 🚀 registers an unprecedented and spectacular success!!! 👏👏👏
History is Made today!! 👏👏👏
I join over a Billion proud Indians in celebrating and congratulating our Indian scientific community !!
This clearly paves the way for more invaluable discoveries on the Moon and more scientific missions in days to come.
Hopefully a Holiday on Moon 🌚 may not be far off! 😉
#IndiasMoonShot #Chandrayaan3 🚀
#VikramLander
#MERABHARATMAHAAN 🇮🇳
It's hard to build human connections in remote work.
That's why we organize annual team retreats at @whoisjenniai!
Flew the team from UK, Singapore, and India to Malaysia.
Meeting some people I've been working with in person for the first time is surreal and exciting!
@marcastbury1@Davidjpark96 I'm just as excited! It will be wonderful to finally be in the same room and meet everyone face-to-face. I can't wait to connect with everyone and have some great conversations. See you soon! 🙂