The Challenge of Perfection | Jason Clarke | TEDxWangjiang St

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When AI can produce polished work in seconds, "I made this" no longer means what it used to — and in education, a perfect final product tells us less and less about whether real learning happened. Drawing on his own classroom, teacher Jason Clarke argues that the answer isn't to ban AI or hide it, but to become "honest cyborgs": people who use powerful tools openly and can explain what they did, what the tool did, and what they learned. Honesty about AI, he shows, doesn't weaken learning — it protects it, by keeping the thinking visible. Jason Clarke is an English teacher at Chengdu Meishi International High School in Chengdu, China. He teaches English language and literature in an international education context and has been closely involved in developing practical school guidance for the responsible use of AI. As an early adopter of educational technology, Jason is interested in how AI can support learning without replacing honesty, effort, or human judgment. His work focuses on help

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