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Tech leader and AI entrepreneur, Rob Wray, weighs in on how we should prepare children for an AI-enhanced future. He has chosen to send his child to a Waldorf School, because he says that key traits like resourcefulness, curiosity, emotional intelligence, and creativity are things no machine can replicate. Encouraging play, experimentation, and open-ended problem-solving lays the groundwork for thriving in a future driven by AI.
The human capacities nurtured during Early Childhood, the Early Grades and Middle School education have a profound, life-changing impact on every human being’s longterm success, life and impact on the world of the future. Countless components of Waldorf curriculum directly nurture problem solving, collaboration, adaptability, creativity, critical thinking and the innovation humans will need to solve the problems of the future.
In a world shaped by artificial intelligence, AI-proof education that develops what makes us truly human matters more than ever. The irony is profound: the very tech industry leaders building AI are choosing low-tech education for their own children. They understand that the best preparation for an AI-driven world isn’t more screens; it’s deeper humanity.
We believe that capabilities such as independent thinking, entrepreneurship, and creativity will be important – so will emotional intelligence and social competence, alongside scientific, mathematical, and linguistic abilities. This holistic education that our students receive places them in good stead for the future.
Some of the vital competencies which will be sought-after in the future include: a sense of imagination, intuition, social intelligence, adaptability, consciousness, independent thinking and idealism.
While AI is revolutionizing many aspects of life, the skills that will set future generations apart are profoundly human—creativity, critical thinking, and empathy.
Waldorf education was built on this recognition of the importance of creativity, social responsibility, and deep respect for our humanity.