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<p>We’re Danny Caballero and Devin Silvia, researchers and educators at Michigan State University. We teach computing to scientists and engineers. We’ve been doing it for over a decade. And like a lot of educators, we spend most of our time these days trying to figure out what AI is actually doing to our classrooms, our research, and our students’ lives.</p>
<p>Every week, we try to put out an episode with four parts:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The AI education news.</strong> What happened in the last two weeks, and what the discourse is missing.</li>
<li><strong>A cool thing someone did.</strong> Because we don’t want to be the show that’s just mad about everything.</li>
<li><strong>Hype Train Check.</strong> One specific AI claim, picked apart in five minutes.</li>
<li><strong>An interview.</strong> A conversation with someone (usually a colleague, sometimes a stranger) who knows something we don’t.</li>
</ul>
<p>We’re not selling AI. We’re not shorting AI. We use it, we teach next to it, and most days we’re confused about it. If that sounds like your life too, you’re in the right place.</p>
<p><strong>The opinions expressed represent our thinking at the time of recording and do not represent the views of our employer.</strong></p>
<p><em>Recorded live in <a href="https://macsbar.com/">Mac’s Bar</a> in beautiful Lansing, MI. We don’t control the music, don’t sue please.</em></p>
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<ul>
<li>Episode Title: “Are we getting Khan-ed out of $10k?”</li>
<li>Release Date: July 3, 2026</li>
<li>Hosts: Danny Caballero &amp; Devin Silvia</li>
</ul>
<h2>Quick Summary</h2>
<p>In our debut episode, Danny and Devin unpack Sal Khan’s latest education disruption: the Khan TED Institute, a proposed $10,000 applied AI bachelor’s degree born from partnerships with Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, TED, ETS, and a handful of other corporate giants. We dig into whether replicating campus life through asynchronous online teamwork actually solves the growing crisis of faith in higher education or just commodifies it further.</p>
<h2>Resources Mentioned</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/04/15/sal-khan-ceo-khan-academy-google-microsoft-ted-ets-higher-education-institute-bachelors-applied-ai-gen-z-college-upskilling/">Fortune Article (April 15, 2026): This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard</a> by Preston Fore</li>
<li>Student Loan Context: Federal Reserve Bank of New York data cited in article ($39k average balance; 51% Gen Z regret rate)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Related Coverage: </h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/04/09/sal-khan-reflects-on-ai-in-schools-and-khanmigo/">Why Sal Khan’s AI revolution hasn’t happened yet, according to Sal Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nc-budget-keeps-khanmigo-contract-202513123.html">New NC budget keeps Khanmigo contract, but slashes funding from $10 million to $500,000</a></li>
</ul>
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