Why Estonia is gambling on AI in schools

Education and Research Minister Kristina Kallas is leading a pioneering effort to train students to use artificial intelligence.

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Estonia is betting that the future of education won’t be built by keeping artificial intelligence out of classrooms — but by putting it at the center of them.

Rather than trying to stop students, Estonian Education and Research Minister Kristina Kallas told POLITICO that schools should train them to use generative AI to their educational advantage.

“If you regulate AI out of school, you’re risking significant cognitive decline because the students will be using it anyway,” Kallas said.