Parent/Night – Wonder, Wisdom, & the Algorithm: Raising Authentic Gifted Learners in the Age of AI
ILC Auditorium Room 118
Brian Housand
Artificial intelligence is fast, confident, and never tired. It can generate answers, polish prose, and fake expertise in seconds. The real question isn’t whether gifted kids will use AI, but whether they will still know how to think without it. This session cuts through panic and hype to ask a harder question: what remains uniquely human when machines handle the easy parts? In a world obsessed with efficiency, gifted learners need more than tools. They need wonder to pull them forward, judgment to decide what matters, and courage to stay human. You’ll explore practical strategies for designing learning that protects curiosity.