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The episode features a discussion with Timothy Cook about the implications of AI on children's thinking and learning.

A conversation with Timothy Cook (Director, The Cognitive Privacy Project & Connected Classroom | Psychology Today Columnist, The Algorithmic Mind) on exploiting how AI may be changing the way children think, learn, and grow.About Timothy CookTimothy Cook, M.Ed., is an international educator, AI researcher, and Director of the Cognitive Privacy Project. With more than a decade of teaching experience across four countries, he studies how AI and algorithmic systems are reshaping children’s thinking, learning, identity, and development. Timothy is also the founder of Connected Classroom and writes The Algorithmic Mind for Psychology Today, where he explores the impact of AI on cognition, creativity, student agency, and well-being. His current work focuses on cognitive privacy: the idea that children’s attention, judgment, reasoning, motivation, and developing sense of self need protection as AI becomes increasingly embedded in schools and society. In his recent writing, he argues that many young people are already sensing a contradiction: they are told AI may weaken learning, while also being told they must use it to prepare for the future.LinkedIn…

People in this episode

Guest: Timothy Cook

Topics covered

• AI in education
• children's learning
• cognitive privacy
• algorithmic systems
• impact of AI
• identity development

Keywords

• AI
• education
• cognitive privacy
• children
• learning
• algorithmic systems
• identity
• development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Cognitive Privacy Project, Connected Classroom, Psychology Today

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