Whenever people talk about Artificial Intelligence in music, one of the first criticisms you hear is:
 “AI music is soulless. It’s just cheap, mass-produced noise flooding the world.”

AI is shaking up the entire world, and no industry is immune to its touch. Education is almost the opposite: it is directly in the sights of AI tools—perhaps more than most other industries. Why? Because education is about teaching people how to think, analyze, and create. AI is increasingly capable of doing all of those things, at least on the surface. That tension makes education ground zero for debates about what it means to learn, what skills matter, and how best to prepare students for a future where AI will be everywhere. Let’s have a look.