The Future of Education

The future of education will be more personal, efficient, and flexible. Where can I study? What should I study? How much will it cost to study? Which is the best university in ...? There are many schools and universities (educational institutions) worldwide. There are also many educational sources online. Each educational institution has a different offer, a different philosophy, a different goal, a different class profile, a different price tag, a different educational focus, a different ... The advent of the internet changed a lot worldwide. Free access to vast amounts of information is possible for billions of people with a digital device and an internet connection. You don't have to pay anything for a degree to learn what they teach you to get that degree ( I am referring to MOOC ). However, we all know that lots of job descriptions worldwide require a certain level of a university degree - a formal degree. This basically means you typically cannot become an employee without a university degree (or high school diploma), in general. You can, however, become a founder (of a startup). The advent of AI has changed learning forever. AI, however, makes lots of mistakes. It's unreliable by default. This does not stop millions of people from using AI for learning every day. Checking the sources manually is important to ensure that what AI has told you is true. However, what's the use of AI then in the first place? Well, AI is a great starting point perhaps ... Traditionally, a teacher in a school/university teaches for a given number of students. Personalized education is more than a 1-to-1 teacher-student ratio. Personalized education is not about a private tutor only. Personalized education is about education that is deeply personal to a specific human. It can be broad whenever necessary, and deeply domain specific whenever needed. Who will provide this personalized education for billions of people? AI? AI today makes lots of mistakes, yet, it is used by lots of people for learning. AI will probably remain here on planet Earth for at least the next two decades. The misinformation it produces requires critical thinking skills from humans. Therefore personalized education is possible, however, this does not mean error-free personalized education ... The future of education will be more efficient and flexible. Any student (whether a formal student attending an educational institution, or an independent student) can learn what he/she wants, at anytime he/she wants, with the advent of AI. Actually, before the advent of AI this was already possible, with the help of, if we talk about free sources, wikipedia, youtube, blogs, etc. Learning without doing something with that learning is useless, no? In ProjKilo.com, any student worldwide can turn his/her learning into proof of work and proof of impact through worldwide permissionless projects ("ProjKilos"). Give your ProjKilo a name, a goal, one of the 17 SDGs, a description (Plan of Action), a roadmap (Milestones), a deadline, human resources it needs, phyisical resources it needs, digital resources it needs, and budget it needs. Build a portfolio of projects for free on projkilo.com in any industry worldwide, and use your favorite AI to learn whatever you want, paired with your critical thinking skills of course! And, document it on projkilo.com. In the past, it was not possible for everyone to attend university. It was reserved for the elites. Today, the average person can go to university if he/she wishes. Is a university still worth it though?