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Google just announced their latest offering: Gemini Omni. The comments in this post on IG say it all:

One question: Why?
More AI Slop
But what for?
It’s NFTs all over again
People really clapped for this?
Yay, something no one asked for
Now introducing P**p 2

Clearly we’re witnessing some AI fatigue!

As the founder of my own education business, feedback usually comes in quieter ways.

Students come back. Parents recommend the courses. The business grows.

But one thing I really appreciate about Stanford Code in Place is how specific the feedback is for Section Leaders: student comments, participation data, and even AI-generated analysis of things like talk time and engagement.

I’ll admit, opening those reports each week can sometimes feel a little nerve-racking. 😅 They have not always been this glowing.

This week though… I think I nailed it.

Grateful for the students, the feedback, and the reminder that good coding lessons are not just about explaining clearly. They are about creating space for students to contribute and solve problems together. They are also fun times! 🥳

In the age of agentic AI, coding is not disappearing. It is becoming a higher-level skill.

AI is creating new opportunities for people who understand code well enough to guide AI agents, debug their mistakes, connect tools, test outputs and build real systems, including physical AI through robotics and smart technology, while doing it all responsibly.

The future is not less technology, it is more intelligent, agentic technology.

This will be a key topic at this year's CodEng summer STEM camp. Sign up today!

Slide courtesy of Margaret Laffan, Intel Corporation. My gratitude to my friends in the Bay Area who attended Margaret's presentation in San Francisco last week and telling me all about it 🙏🏻