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Krishnan on workforce development and age-appropriate AI introduction

New York City Council · Jun 24, 2026 · starts 2:03:14 · 47 sec

Krishnan emphasizes that high school graduates will be expected to know how to interact with AI tools in the workforce, and urges the next guidance to include specifics on age-appropriate AI civics. He acknowledges the challenge of building the plane while flying it but stresses the need to move faster.

Shekar Krishnan

Great.

Shekar Krishnan

Just to close out, Chair, in the next iteration, I would love to see those specifics about age developmental AI civics and how we're introducing and probing students as their experience with AI evolves, too.

Shekar Krishnan

And similarly, workforce development, where college graduates certainly and high school graduates are going to be expected to know how to interact with these tools.

Shekar Krishnan

So I'm in the camp of we need to be introducing students at an age-appropriate level with a lot more details to what we're in the guidance.

Shekar Krishnan

But we are going to be building this plane as we fly it.

Shekar Krishnan

Into the future.

Shekar Krishnan

So it's a problem that we're far behind on and will continue to be because of just how fast this is evolving.

Shekar Krishnan

So thank you, Chair.

Member of the Public

Thank you, Councilmember Maloney.