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Timestamps
0:00 Is the current generation less smart? The Economist articles and declining intelligence
0:54 Welcome to Sidekick
2:04 Libby's background: EdTechnical and revenue-based financing for Edtech
3:37 Are students really less smart? PISA scores and international decline
4:48 England bucking the trend and rethinking how we measure intelligence
5:53 AI in schools: expert feedback without rationing
7:43 Alternative school models: Alpha, Flourish, and micro-schooling
9:38 Teacher workload vs. proving student learning outcomes
13:12 How AI is transforming universities and qualifications
16:01 Learner motivation: learning as product vs. output
18:33 Screen time, parenting, and AI in the early years
23:58 Contrarian view: Why frontier labs entering education is good for learning
What if OpenAI and Anthropic entering education is actually good news for learning startups?
Recorded live at the Brighteye Summit in London, Rhys sits down with Libby Hills, co-founder and CEO of EdTechnical, to explore how AI is reshaping education and what it means for founders.
From AI tutors and the changing role of teachers to the slow pace of adoption in schools and universities, Libby challenges some common assumptions about the future of learning.
Her central argument? Better AI doesn't necessarily mean better learning. As frontier labs enter education, the real opportunity for startups is to compete on quality, evidence and measurable learning outcomes.
