Alpha School charges $75,000 a year to replace human teachers with AI. But behind the glossy “AI is the future of learning” pitch are broken lesson plans, an illegally scraped Khan Academy curriculum, and surveillance software tracking students even when they’re at home in their pajamas (creepy).

Juan and Kate dig into the leaked documents behind Alpha School, the student data lelaks, and why figures like Joe Liemandt, Linda McMahon, and the Trump administration are promoting AI-run schools as the future of education.

Chapters

00:00 The $75K AI School That Replaced Teachers
00:15 The Wild Claim: Kids Only Need 2 Hours of School
00:54 The Billionaire Funding Alpha School
01:33 The Surveillance Tech Behind the School: Bossware
02:17 Why Politicians Love This AI School
03:42 Paying $75K for AI Teachers
04:27 “Everything About School Is Obsolete Now”
05:08 When AI Teaches Kids Wrong Answers
06:11 Letting AI Review AI Lessons
07:14 The Khan Academy Scraping Scandal
08:30 The Surveillance System Watching Students
10:43 AI Cameras Tracking Student Behavior
12:10 The Massive Student Data Leak
13:40 Students Feeling Watched and Burned Out
15:00 The Real Endgame Behind AI Schools
17:00 A Textbook Example of AI Gone Wrong