Stephen Van Tran is a software engineer and engineering leader based in Los Angeles. He writes The Weighted Average, a publication about artificial intelligence and the economy.
DI has documented statements by Stephen Van Tran on Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Privacy. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Stephen Van Tran supported adopting the stronger school-AI terms, but urged districts to verify product coverage and contracts before expanding student-facing deployment.
Microsoft and teachers’ unions promote enforceable school-AI safeguards. Fairplay’s Josh Golin wants a five-year pause, while New York City permits restricted high-school pilots. Critics of those pilots say they should wait for evidence and assessment criteria.
