AI in Education: A Fractional CTO on Teaching, Hiring Juniors, and Human Judgment

Is our education system ready for AI—or still grading with yesterday’s rules? In this episode of Back in America, Stan talks with Shahid, an award-winning fractional CTO and CISO with 35+ years in regulated industries, from medical devices to federal health tech. He argues that AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a colleague, a co-student, and a force multiplier—if teachers and teams learn context engineering and treat AI as a companion.

We dig into:

• AI in education: hyper-personalized learning, teacher workflows, and why schools must let students “pair program” with AI.
• Hiring in the AI era: why entry-level jobs are shrinking, how juniors can win by mastering prompts and fundamentals, and the risk of skipping a generation of talent.
• Safety and ethics: lessons from life-or-death medical device software, where reliability, empathy, and human oversight matter.
• Parents & teachers: practical ways to co-work with AI without abdicating judgment.

Clear take: AI can elevate learning and work—if humans stay in the loop and standards stay high.