BEYOND CHECKERS: Educating in an AI-powered World
"In Beyond Checkers, R. Dale Brunet delivers a sharp and timely critique of traditional education, using the metaphor of a checkers game to highlight its rigidity in a world that now demands the strategic depth of chess. With clarity and conviction, Brunet explores how outdated learning models leave students unprepared for the complexities of an AI-driven future.
Though the metaphor occasionally oversimplifies systemic challenges, the book succeeds in bridging abstract technological trends with real-world educational implications. Its concise structure and urgent tone make it both accessible and thought-provoking.
Beyond Checkers is a relevant and engaging contribution to the discourse on education reform—essential reading for educators, innovators, and anyone concerned with aligning learning systems to the demands of the 21st century."
Written by R. Dale Brunet
About the book
In a world where artificial intelligence reshapes how we live, work, and
create, our schools are stuck playing checkers—churning out test-takers
instead of innovators. BEYOND CHECKERS exposes the flaws of an
education system obsessed with scores and funding, forcing square
pegs into round holes while ignoring the AI revolution. It’s time to teach
students to play chess: to wield AI tools strategically, tell their stories,
and build a future where human creativity thrives alongside technology.
Author R. Dale Brunet, a trail blazing entrepreneur and developer, shows
the way. Having written over 25 books with AI and crafted visionary
platforms like Life Capsule AI and Digital Ink AI (in development), he
proves that embracing AI amplifies, not diminishes, human potential.
Through vivid storytelling and practical solutions, he reveals how
schools can move beyond outdated norms to prepare students for an
AI-powered world.
Discover a bold new curriculum that prioritizes AI literacy, ethical tool-
building, and real-world projects over rote memorization.
Learn why the
system’s fear of AI is failing our kids—and how teachers, parents, and
policymakers can change the game. From the classroom to the
boardroom, this book is a call to action: stop training students to jump
squares and start empowering them to master the chessboard.
BEYOND CHECKERS is a must-read for anyone who believes education
should inspire, not confine.
With humor, insight, and a developer’s grit,
R. Dale Brunet offers a roadmap to a future where every student can
become a grandmaster of their own story. Grab this book and join the
movement to redefine learning for an AI-driven era.
This book can help shape a generation ready to checkmate the
challenges of tomorrow!