The Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims and SRI Education’s Susan Patrick discuss how AI can strengthen human agency.
In his new book How to AI, Christopher Mims investigates how AI is being adopted by real people.
The pattern is clear: The biggest benefits accrue to professionals who understand their domains deeply enough to ask better questions, push systems further, critically evaluate responses, and recognize when AI is wrong.
“AI rewards people who are good at teaching themselves.” — Christopher Mims
In this PARC Forum conversation with SRI senior education researcher Susan Patrick, Mims shares how experts are leveraging AI to improve productivity, strengthen workflows, and build organizational capacity — not by delegating judgment, but by extending it.
Patrick translates cross-industry insights into what they mean for education. As student AI use accelerates, what must education rethink? Where can AI advance education outcomes and where should it be avoided?
This vital conversation examines what it means to design jobs and classrooms where AI enhances critical thinking rather than replaces it.
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