{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Screaming in the Cloud","title":"AI Can Do the Work, But Should It? with Adam Larsen","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/03daf20f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1791,"description":"On this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with Adam Larsen, Principal Developer at Aurora Educational Technologies, to explore what technology and AI should actually look like in K-12 education. They discuss using tech to empower teachers rather than replace them, the risks of outsourcing critical thinking to AI, student data privacy, and what happens when schools become dependent on tools that may not be affordable forever. Adam also shares how AWS became his go-to platform for solving complex education data problems, and why sometimes the best technology is simply the one that reliably gets the job done.\n\nShow Highlights: \n\n00:00 Critical Thinking Warning\n00:15 Meet the Guest\n01:07 From Psych to Edtech\n02:07 Teachers and Tool Whiplash\n07:29 AI as a Teaching Aid\n10:07 Process Over Shortcuts\n14:29 Tech Misconceptions in Schools\n16:38 Privacy and Picking Vendors\n21:50 AI Costs and Ecosystem Bets\n26:33 Building on AWS and Wrap Up\n\nSponsored by: \nduckbillhq.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vgV98ushAFvdAFQSQazvt5GYVniCaXSWIjs5eI3r0gQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0OTQvMTU4Mzg2/OTQ4My1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}