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EPISODE · May 9, 2026 · 36 MIN

Queen of Chess: AI Hit Me 30 Years Ago. What Schools Can Learn.

from AI for Educators Daily with Dan Fitzpatrick · host Dan Fitzpatrick | The AI Educator

✨ Special Episode ✨Judit Polgar is the greatest female chess player in history. She beat Gary Kasparov in his prime, and As a junior, she outranked Demis Hassabis, the man who now runs Google DeepMind. She's the star of the new Netflix documentary Queen of Chess. She watched AI tear through her profession thirty years ago and her warning to educators is one we cannot afford to ignore.● She lived AI's revolution 30 years before us● The computer told her to win, she lost● AI gives passive knowledge, experiences knowledge is needed● Schools are destroying kids who are different● Intuition comes from experience AI can't replace00:34 Meet Judit Polgár: Queen of Chess01:03 From Champion to Educator: Why Classrooms?02:21 The Chess Palace Programme & Learning Through Play04:04 Chess: The Original Testing Ground for AI04:57 What Teachers Are Feeling Right Now06:16 The Day She Trusted the Computer and Lost the Game07:26 An Earthquake in the Classroom08:43 Re-evaluating What Teachers Bring to the Room09:43 Her Father's Bold Claim: Can Any Child Be Exceptional?12:25 Adversity, Setbacks & Teaching Failure14:36 A Week-Long Journey Into Mistakes16:13 The Sycophantic AI Problem: Why Kids Need Rejection17:06 Critical Thinking When Real and Fake Blur19:17 What Schools Still Haven't Learned20:46 Human Connection Over Frontal Learning23:13 The Problem with 50-Minute Subject Blocks24:52 Over-Reliance on AI & The Danger to Intuition27:23 Why Chatbot Answers Are "Worse Than Nothing"28:36 The 10/90 Rule: Knowing the Move vs. Understanding Why30:49 Navigating the Messy Middle as a Leader32:35 Bravery, Mistakes & Cutting Through the Jungle

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