KSE and Google Meet on AI's Impact on Education

Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) and Google teams from Ukraine and Europe met to discuss how artificial intelligence is changing education, science, and the country's resilience. The two sides chatted on risks and opportunities brought by  agentic AI poses to learning and agreed on next steps for their collaboration.

The main risk is not cheating but "cognitive capitulation": when a person hands over all their thinking to the machine instead of using it as a tool. For the first time, AI makes it possible to see a student's actual thinking process, not just the finished result — and that is what KSE's response is built on.

KSE's response is to change what instructors actually assess. Instead of grading the final piece of work, they review AI logs — the history of prompts, iterations, and decisions a student made while working with the model. This shows whether the student truly understood the problem, not just whether they got an answer.

"AI is a technology you cannot ignore. On one hand, it delivers deep insights and automates processes that used to take time. On the other, anyone who hands all their thinking over to AI cognitively capitulates. In education, KSE is changing its approach so that students use AI but still think for themselves. We're also teaching this directly: we're about to open enrollment for the KSE Agentic AI School, a nine-week program in building autonomous AI agents for strong 11th-grade math students, university students, engineers, and data professionals. Universities shouldn't chase a world that's changing — they should set its pace," — Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of KSE.

KSE's next step in this direction is the AI Agentic Center. The center will run three student intakes a year, selecting the most talented participants from Ukraine and abroad to work on real industry problems.

Based on KSE's own experience, AI adoption inside an organization isn't driven by workshops. It takes a combination of three conditions: a concrete problem, a team willing to take it on, and support from leadership.

At the meeting, Google noted Ukraine's position in a world being reshaped by AI:

"In the face of unimaginable adversity, Ukraine continues to be a global leader in digital transformation and frontline AI deployment. From pioneering initiatives like the Mriia app to the use of advanced AI tools in classrooms, the country is leveraging technology to ensure that learning remains uninterrupted, innovative, and accessible. We are deeply inspired by this commitment to the future and are proud to support the continued advancement of Ukraine's educational ecosystem." — Annette Kroeber-Riel, Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy for Europe, Google.

The two sides identified next steps in the area of collaborative AI research, targeted  pilot projects with measurable success metrics; and expansion of student access to advanced AI educational tools.