Most educators are rushing to adapt to AI without fully grasping its implications – are we teaching students just to use technology, or to critically engage with it? In this episode of the ⁠Data Revolution Podcast⁠ Associate Professor  ⁠Ben Harris-Roxas⁠, a health systems researcher and educator, discusses the kind of radical shift needed to keep human intelligence at the centre of education’s future.In this eye-opening episode, Ben shares how the rapid rise of AI challenges traditional teaching models and why validation and critical thinking are now higher-order skills than ever. Discover how universities are experimenting with embedding AI into coursework, moving away from banning tools to harnessing their potential for deeper learning. We’ll break down:

• The importance of critical appraisal in an era of AI-generated content
• Why validation is a harder skill than creation and how to teach it
• Practical strategies to incorporate AI use ethically and effectively in assessments
• How education must evolve to preserve human creativity, messiness, and friction in learning
• The implications for workforce preparedness and the future of human-AI collaboration