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(CNN) -- Educators and policymakers have long dreamed of providing universal, low cost, first-class higher education. Their wish may come true soon thanks to an unlikely source: Silicon Valley. 

The mecca of the technology universe is in the process of revolutionizing higher education in a way that educators, colleges and universities cannot, or will not. 

One of the men responsible for what may be an Athens-like renaissance is Sebastian Thrun, Google's vice president and pioneer in artificial intelligence and robotics. Known in science circles for his engineering feats -- like Stanley, the self-driving car -- Thrun is using his technological prowess to make quality higher education available to the world. I recently interviewed him on my radio show, "Morning In America." 

Last year, while teaching a graduate level artificial intelligence class at Stanford University, Thrun lamented that his course could only reach 200 students in the suburbs of Palo Alto. So, he decided to offer his own free online class, with the same homework, quizzes and tests that he gives to Stanford students. 

He announced the proposal with a single e-mail. Before he knew it, he had a flood of takers. "Usually I reach about 200 students and now I reach 160,000," said Thrun incredulously. "In my entire life of education I didn't have as much an impact on people as I had in these two months." 

By utilizing online videos and educational resources, Thrun's class was being accessed by students from all corners of the world. In fact, the students themselves translated the class for free from English into 44 languages.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What location did the innovation in the article come from?
Guess: Silicon Valley

Question: And what field is the innovation in?
Guess: education

Question: Who was interviewed by the writer?
Guess: Sebastian Thurn

Question: What's his job?
Guess: Google's vice president

Question: Is he famous for anything else?
Guess: yes

Question: Like what?
Guess: Stanley

Question: What is Stanley?
Guess: a self-driving ca

Question: What show was the interview on?
Guess: Morning In America

Question: Is that a TV show?
Guess: no

Question: What kind then?
Guess: a radio show

Question: Where does Thrun teach?
Guess: Stanford University

Question: What is his course about?
Guess: artificial intelligence

Question: Is it for undergraduates?
Guess: no

Question: How many students at the university could take the course?
Guess: 200

Question: Where is the university located?
Guess: Palo Alto

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What did Thrun do to change the situation?

decided to give online class