January 20 | AI and Education

January 20 | AI and Education

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM
(Pacific)

McClatchy Hall, S40 Studio
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

For those attending the in-person seminar, please bring your Stanford ID card/mobile ID to enter the building. 

Speaker: 
  • Peter Norvig
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Join the Tech Impact and Policy Center on January 13th from 12PM–1PM Pacific for AI and Education, a seminar with Peter Norvig.

Stanford affiliates are invited to join us at 11:40 AM for lunch, prior to the seminar.  The Winter Seminar Series continues through March; see our Winter Seminar Series page for speakers and topics. Sign up for our newsletter for announcements. 

About the Seminar:

Traditional lectures serve many students at once but are passive. Individual tutoring does better, but only for one student at a time. This talk explores how Generative AI can democratize the apprenticeship model, transforming education from broadcast to active, inquiry-based learning. With some changes to our approach, we can see AI not as a cheating tool, but as a pedagogical partner that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and personalization.
 

About the Speaker:

Peter Norvig is a Distinguished Education Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) and a researcher at Google. He was previously a director of research at Google and the director of NASA Ames Computational Sciences Division. He is the co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the world's leading textbook on AI. His current focus is on developing tools and methods to improve education through technology.