{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Back in America","title":"AI in Education: Teaching, Hiring Juniors, and Human Judgment -- with Shahid Khalil","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1842,"description":"Is our education system ready for AI—or still grading with yesterday’s rules? In this episode of Back in America, Stan talks with Shahid, an award-winning fractional CTO and CISO with 35+ years in regulated industries, from medical devices to federal health tech. He argues that AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a colleague, a co-student, and a force multiplier—if teachers and teams learn context engineering and treat AI as a companion.We dig into:AI in education: hyper-personalized learning, teacher workflows, and why schools must let students “pair program” with AI.Hiring in the AI era: why entry-level jobs are shrinking, how juniors can win by mastering prompts and fundamentals, and the risk of skipping a generation of talent.Safety and ethics: lessons from life-or-death medical device software, where reliability, empathy, and human oversight matter.Parents & teachers: practical ways to co-work with AI without abdicating judgment.Clear take: AI can elevate learning and work—if humans stay in the loop and standards stay high.\n\n\nFrom the conversation:\n\"AI is not just a tool for education—it's an educator and almost a co-student that teachers must use to teach at a hyper-personalized level.\" -- AI in Education- A Fractional CTO on Teaching, Hiring Juniors, and Human Judgment\n\"If you're bad at coding, AI makes you a hundred times worse. You don't know what you don't know, and that's the fundamental problem for juniors.\" -- AI in Education- A Fractional CTO on Teaching, Hiring Juniors, and Human Judgment\n\n\n\nYou might also like:\n• AI Bias and Education: Tamar Huggins on Building Inclusive Tech wit...\n• World Correspondence Chess Champion Jon Edwards on Playing Alongsid...\n• Doug Steinel: Cancel Culture in Classroom","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OHIkE8JRy2UY47ci_6oB1qPcSolgd5Rqsf6RisO6K7w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNWQ3/NjkwODNiMzQ5NDIz/ZGU2ZjNhZTRiNDM3/OTY0ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}