How classical education can be an antidote to AI
AI is more likely to harm education than help it. Classical education will become ever more relevant.
July 24, 2026
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How classical education can be an antidote to AI
Religion News Service • Thomas Varacalli
As AI promises faster answers and easier shortcuts, what might students lose along the way? This timely reflection makes the case that classical education, with its demands of memory, discipline, reason, and wonder, can form young people not merely to use intelligent tools, but to become wise and fully human.
Thomas Varacalli
Religion News Service
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