Is AI Making Our Kids Dumber? We May Be Blaming the Newest Tool for an Older Problem
Published on: 01/10/2026
AI didn’t create education’s decline. Used wisely, it can strengthen thinking, personalize learning, and help teens become more capable.


AI didn’t create education’s decline. Used wisely, it can strengthen thinking, personalize learning, and help teens become more capable.

George Washington Carver started with what he had. Our teenagers should too. They just happen to have AI. We should not underestimate the good they can do with it.

Very soon, AI will make elite one-to-one tutoring available to every child. The challenge is teaching teens to use that power to think, create, solve, and grow wisely.

AGI may reshape work, education, and childhood. What matters most is helping kids build the character and competence to use powerful AI well.