Alan Hahn on AI, Education Collapse, and Moral Formation in the Age of Automation

Everyone’s debating AI’s impact on jobs, politics, and innovation—but few are asking what it means for education and the moral development of the next generation.

Alan Hahn, Ed.D., Founder & CEO of Iron Academy in Raleigh, NC, has been preparing for this moment long before ChatGPT and classroom bots became headlines. His all-boys academy is built around a model that prioritizes deep thinking, leadership, and character formation—the very qualities most at risk in an AI-saturated era.