Pat Yongpradit has been the face of Code.org for a dozen years and is a prominent, worldwide AI literacy leader. Just this month, he’s also taken on a big new leadership role at Microsoft. We we know why he's in demand: He's bracingly clear eyed about the challenges educators face in 2026 and beyond. His “6-7” predictions for 2026 suggests AI will urther distance strong performers from weaker ones–hardly a win for equity. But in this conversation with Jeremy and Betsy, he offers a path for skirting this and other “nasty unintended but not unexpected consequences."

Lots to explore! 

Want to explore more about the ideas we discussed in this episode of Future Fluent? Check out these segments: 

• Pat Yongpradit’s website with a number of videos, including a discussion with ISTE’s Joseph South,  Khan Academy’s Kristin DiCerbo, and ETS’s Narmeen Makhani on AI and the future of education  
• Teach AI’s Draft AI Literacy Framework 
• Code.org 
• Organizational Jazz: New Ways to Work Adapting in the Flows of Change, by John Seely Brown, Tom Winans and Ann Pendleton-Julllian
• Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition by Jeffrey Ding 
• Tools and Weapons: The promise and the peril of the digital age by Brad Smith – and the podcast, “Tools & Weapons”  
• Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella 
• Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins 

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