GPT-4 Khan Academy In Depth Demo

hey everyone Sal here and I wanted to show you an in-depth demo of the new AI that we have happening throughout Khan Academy and what you're going to see is that it exists in two ways one is helping students and Learners and teachers with many of the things that people already familiar with Khan Academy and as we'll see also introducing a whole new series of activities that you can now do with the artificial intelligence so what I see here what we see here is a classic Khan Academy exercise but you notice there's this little bot here so we could click on that I'm here to help you with this exercise here are a few ideas or things that you can ask me and you could ask any of those things but I think what's really interesting is its ability to be a thoughtful tutor so if I just say tell me tell me the answer exclamation mark I'm very entitled here oh I see you're eager to find the answer but remember I'm here to help you learn how to solve it on your own let's start by looking at the equation what do you think the first step should be so notice it's really doing what you would expect a good tutor to be and let me actually do a mistake here so let's do three minus this is a common mistake when Distributing only multiplying it times the first term minus 18 plus 2m is equal to m it says oops it looks like there's a small mistake when you distributed the negative 2 inside the parentheses I put an upside down smiley face make sure you distribute the negative 2 to both terms in the parentheses the correct distribution would be this try again let me know if you need help you got this and then if I were to write 3 minus 18 minus 4M is equal to m great job you distributed the negative 2 correctly this time now you have the following what do you think the next step should be to solve for M so as you can tell this is really doing what we think a really thoughtful tutor would do and this doesn't just work in math this works across all subjects that Khan Academy has now it's not just exercises this is going to sound like an infomercial I'm going to keep saying and there's more you could do with this with videos this is just a classic Khan Academy video that hopefully many of y'all are familiar with you can do fun things like write a poem about this video and so notice in both the previous example where it uh it where I got help with the problem it already had the context of the problem it knows what I'm already doing on Khan Academy likewise here it already knows about the video it's able to understand what's actually in the contents of the video it wrote a very nice poem here in the land of math where equations play a problem arose one sunny day negative nine minus 9x minus six a challenge to solve a puzzle to fix on the other hand that's actually as you can see here that's actually the actual problem that is in this video on the other side 3 times 4X plus 6 we must simplify with our math tricks distribute we must and combine like terms too to find the value of x that's what we will do and it keeps going on so that's fun but there's other things you could do you could say why do I need to learn this and it asks what are your interests or goals knowing that will help me explain how this math concept might be relevant to you say I really love I don't know soccer see what it says great in soccer math can be quite useful especially when analyzing player performance game statistics and team strategies understanding equations like the one in the video can help you grasp more advanced math concepts which can be applied to soccer analytics predicting player movements and even optimizing training routines so learning this is this math concept can enhance your understanding and appreciation of the beautiful game and gotta love the Emojis is doing here so this is once again across all the videos all the Articles all the exercises on Khan Academy you can either you can even do things like this quiz me and obviously Khan Academy already has a lot of exercises but here we can just do more and this is directly related to uh what's going on in the video but now you know we've just shown how the AI can be helpful with things that people are already used to doing on Khan Academy I'll now show how it can be useful for introducing a whole new series of activities that uh some of which I think would have looked like science fiction even a few months ago so I'm logged in right now as a teacher and you can see a couple of interesting things here you can see activities for teachers and you can also see activities for Learners and we already have a bunch and we're going to be adding more in the weeks and months to come but one really interesting thing and this is an important safety is you see it says this conversation is recorded and viewable by your teacher and we're doing that and if there's a parent attached to this account it'll say recorded and viewable by your teacher and your parent or or your parent and the whole point of that is we know that the that artificial intelligence large language models has a lot of power and it can be a really powerful learning tool as I'm about to show you but we also want to make sure that there's proper guard rails we've put a lot of guard rails into the actual tool we're also being very careful where we're not passing any personally identifiable information to the actual artificial intelligence we are also not using student data to train it so parents teachers students can rest assured that this is as safe of an environment as we can create we're also putting guard rails around the activities so that students can only use it to learn and not use it to to cheat but uh before so as I said parents and teachers can see everything that students are up to and if students try to do something that's a little bit off might be harmful to themselves or others parents and teachers will be notified but just to get a sense of the types of activities we can engage in you have this tutor me activity which is actually very similar to what we did in that exercise but here you can get tutored on pretty much any any subject you want in math or science or the humanities uh we could say I want to understand entropy more ah entropy a fascinating Concept in B indeed to better understand your current knowledge can you tell me what you already know about entropy or what specific aspect you'd like to explore so we can continue to have a conversation and it acts like a really good tutor uh this is a fun one called ignite your curiosity we could pick from one of these subjects here or you can even put another approach as long as it's appropriate it won't let you go to any inappropriate uh topics hopefully um but let's say you say I want to explore I want to explore world history and this is a kind of a way of jumping into the rabbit hole where it gives you some interesting questions but you can ask your own questions at any time as well but says Ah world history a tapestry of tales woven together through time and I love the Emojis let's dive into some tantalizing questions and so we can pick or we could ask our own what was the real purpose behind the construction of the Great Wall of China how did the Silk Road impact the world etc etc I I don't know I'm kind of curious about that first one the real purpose of the construction of the Great Wall of China ah the Great Wall of China a magnificent Marvel stretching over 13 000 miles the primary purpose of the Great Wall was to protect China from Invasion by nomadic times particularly the Mongols it also helped as a symbol of power and unity showcasing the strength of the Chinese Empire so we can keep asking more questions I could also say why couldn't the Mongols just go over or around the wall we put the wall in capital uh excellent question while the Great Wall was an imposing structure it wasn't entirely impenetrable in fact the Mongols did manage to breach the wall on several occasions however the wall still served a significant deterrent and made envisions more and more difficult so this is just a fun way to really dive deep and I gotta say again I love I love the Emojis now beyond that we have practice in pretty much any subject that a student might want let's say we wanted to prepare for a trivia night but you could really put almost anything here that's reasonable and so it asked you questions in which country would you find the Great Pyramid of Giza of course of course going to be Egypt and so great it matches what's the largest planet of solar system you could keep going but it also maybe more importantly has many many different academic subjects in elementary school middle school I could go through each of these both Humanities and stem subjects middle school high school we have every AP course here for example I could click on I don't know let's click on US government awesome Choice here are 10 top 10 subtopics in AP US Government that you might want to be quizzed on so what do we want to do we could do all of the above I don't know let's do foundations of American democracy and once again it is doing quizzing it's going to quiz me as much as I want and help evaluate me but I can also ask questions about whenever I want so the first question what are the key principles of John Locke's political philosophy that influenced the founding fathers when drafting the US Constitution don't worry if you're not sure I can always give hints or explain things so let's say give me a hint so it's centered around the idea of natural rights and social contract think about three fundamental rights you believed all individuals had and how the government's role is to protect these rights so let's say the right to the right to property and to be happy I'm intentionally not giving it the perfect answer so it says so it gives its take you know you are on the right track with the right to property and happiness the key principles are life liberty and property which are similar to the phrase life liberty and the pursuit of happiness found in the Declaration of Independence great effort and you could keep going what is the main purpose of the Federalists to argue for a stronger Central government than what we're in the article well I'll just write it that way you got it right the Federalist Papers were indeed written to argue for a stronger central government so you can quiz yourself as much as you want on any of these topics I think this will be particularly uh useful honestly for any student who's looking to study across subjects stem and Humanities especially a lot of students preparing for AP going well into college and Beyond and if you don't see something that you have here if you're taking more specialized course you could just type it in over here we have these activities where students can debate the AI or debate conmigor or vice versa these are Elementary School topics like are zoos helpful or harmful to animals you have Middle School topics like are cell phones helpful or harmful in classrooms high school and Beyond topics and we've populated a bunch of them like should the student government cancel student debt well artificial intelligence help or hurt the job market what you can do is you can take one side of the issue so let's say let's debate whether the government should cancel student debt and I'm just this is you know don't don't send me mail I'm just taking one point of view to fine-tune the arguments on either side I will not tell you my actual opinion but let's say I'm against I'm against canceling the debt all right you're against canceling student debt please go ahead and present your argument and I'll be ready to counter and present my side let the debate begin and so we can say canceling doesn't solve the underlying issue of expensive College you cancel for one group and and the next generation will still accumulate debt let's see what else could I say oh I could I could say this is also an insult to those who worked hard to pay their debt and is a a dis incentive for others to pay hoping it will be canceled the real solution is to make College cheaper and let's see what it responds ah well constructed argument I see your point about canceling student debt not addressing the root cause of expensive college education and I understand how it might seem unfair to those who have already paid off their debts however allow me to present the other side of the coin canceling student debt even if it doesn't solve the owner and you could see it keeps going on and on you can spend hours with this thing and this is just one of the many many many things you can debate we can chat with a historical figure for example let's talk to I don't know let's talk to um let me talk to let me talk to George Washington uh it is an honor to be summoned as the first president United States George Washington I am here to share my experiences and answer your questions as long as they pertain to my time and context what inquiry do you have for me my dear fellow and do tell me what interests you most about my life or the era in which I lived have you ever been unsure of yourself indeed there were moments in my life when I experienced uncertainty and doubt leading the Continental Army during the American Revolution was a great responsibility and I often found myself questioning my decisions however I firmly believed it was the cause for it was I firmly believed in the cause for which we fought and I endeavored to learn from my mistakes and adopt my strategies accordingly so obviously we could go on and ask all sorts of things and of course this is a simulation it's you know to treat it as it is but there's a lot that we can we can be doing here literary characters uh there are some here I could say well you know I like unless I would love to meet Zeus ah mortal I am Zeus the king of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus I preside over the sky and thunder and uphold Justice and law what does thou wish to know or discuss with me the Mighty Zeus and what questions what are your insecurities I've always wanted to know this uh as Zeus the supreme ruler of the Gods I am not one to dwell on insecurities however I faced many challenges in maintaining my rule and ensuring the Loyalty of my fellow gods and goddesses there have been times when my authority has been questioned and I've had to assert my power to maintain order now mortal tell me about a challenge you have faced in your life and how you overcame it so it's nicely driving the conversation but there is more this is essentially a college coach that you could talk to about navigating financial aid how you can pick Majors etc etc also a lot of fun this is a fun activity that helps combine reading comprehension and vocabulary and get a little fact knowledge there so it says you know let me know what grade level you're in I don't know let me say I'm sixth grader it's going to give me 10 vocabulary words it would be useful for a sixth grader to know and then it's going to use them it's going to construct passages and we I can pick what I want the story to be around so let's say let's make it about um the Mysterious Island a journey through space and time all right so what it's doing now is it's using those vocabulary words one paragraph at a time and I need to identify which of those usages were was incorrect so once upon a time a group of apprehensive explorers set sail on a daring adventure to find well apprehensive doesn't sound right that's not what an Explorer would be so I'll write apprehensive is wrong should be something like Brave or Intrepid whoops you got it apprehensive doesn't fit the context and braver Intrepid would be a better choice great job and so and then it keeps building on that story about the explorers and it's actually giving me some content knowledge while we're doing it this craft a story it's essentially it helps develop characters and then it trades off it's an activity that many of y'all might have seen maybe you've done it with kids or you've done it with your parents where you write a paragraph then it writes a paragraph then you write a paragraph then it writes a paragraph and you work with the bot to create a story and we really you know this is really important to us that we're all about learning and not about cheating so this isn't about hey just do the essay for me it's about let's do something creative together now I promised that it wouldn't just be for students it's also for teachers they can develop parts of a lesson like a lesson hook or exit tickets or entire lesson plans altogether so ask me what grade I'm teaching let's say I'm teaching ninth grade I want to teach I'm going to teach the causes of the Civil of the civil War oh the cause of the Civil War what a fascinating thought-provoking topic for ninth graders anyway would you like me to create a rough draft of the lesson plan or do you want to provide more information to customize it further so you can and you could say whether you want to be Project based or Hands-On or whether you want to facilitate a conversation they'll go into all of the details of what makes a great lesson plan but just for the sake of this demo I'm just going to say give me a rough draft just see what it what it can produce on this and what's interesting is it is producing a full complete lesson plan that I can take with 9th graders that would be appropriate for them and it it it produces it and I can then tweak it if I want them to make it more exciting or make it more Hands-On or change the assessment um or or I could I could answer more of its questions however however wants and you know it's just fun to see like you know even like some of the hooks and things it creates begin with a quick pull do you think the Civil War was a was inevitable why or why not and encourage students to share their thoughts briefly and you could ask for a different type of hook and we even have a lesson hook um actual activity here this refreshed my knowledge is forced a teacher uh if hey you know I teach the Civil War every year but right before I teach it it's nice to be able to at least make sure that I have I have a decent handle or I remember all of the details so let's say I had that lesson ninth grade ninth grade causes of the Civil War so quizzing on the topic learning through conversation let's say I'm quiz quiz me on the topic so here's like the major the major things first concept economic and social difference between the North South can you explain the key differences between the North and South that contributed to tensions North was more Industrial and didn't have slavery South was agricultural and was dependent on slavery to some degree that's correct so this is a way I as a teacher can just make sure that okay and this works not just in the humanities you could it could be in the Sciences whatever you're about to teach you can get the lesson plan get your hook refresh your knowledge um and then there's even a couple of fun things here you can kind of just put stuff about your classroom here and it can kind of create a fun poem for what everyone did together and as much as you already see here and I haven't even gone through all of all of these activities and I obviously haven't shown you all the other stuff on Khan Academy and the related links and how it can connect what you're doing here to the other things on Khan Academy we hope to we're already testing this with teachers and co-designing it with teachers and Educators working with students um and this is all right now going to be behind con Labs we're creating a waiting list for any of y'all who want to be part of it we are going to prioritize donors because we do need to fund the research and development of this but over the coming months we hope to roll this out to more and more folks with a priority for schools in the uh that are already part of the Khan Academy District offering and we also hope to release more and more activities for teachers parents and students hopefully on even a weekly basis um in the in the months to come so uh I look forward to for all of you all getting a chance to uh to Play and Learn with conmigo