Your child’s favourite teacher may soon be a chatbot
The most popular and effective use of AI in education may be programs that follow the “friendship first” model.
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Two kinds of AI-driven education are likely to take off, and they will have very different effects.
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Tyler Cowen
Most students have a favourite teacher. In the future, could that teacher be... a chatbot? The answer depends in part on whether artificial intelligence (AI) succeeds in becoming the next great educational technology innovation, or joins the long list of ed-tech disappointments.
Two kinds of AI-driven education are likely to take off, and they will have very different effects. Both approaches have real promise, but neither will make everyone happy.