This is not directly related to education - but how important education is to keep up with the developments in computers. A talk worth watching about the current state in Machine Learning and its future implications on economy and society.
Found on http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howar...

What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments in the fast-moving field of deep learning, a technique that can give computers the ability to learn Chinese, or to recognize objects in photos, or to help think through a medical diagnosis. (One deep learning tool, after watching hours of YouTube, taught itself the concept of “cats.”) Get caught up on a field that will change the way the computers around you behave … sooner than you probably think.