The fact that few students are self motivated enough to use it makes sense....but you are telling me that, in 4 years, _so_ few were motivated to use it that you can't report on whether or not it makes a difference for the minority that do?

I was among those who, when Khanmigo was first announced, were pretty excited about it's potential. I then waited for data on the results....and kept waiting.....and kept waiting. And now four years later this is apparently what we are going to get. I think that this is enough for me to decide that Khanmigo, regardless of whether or not a student actually engages with it, doesn't make much learning difference. At some point, the absence of (reported) data becomes data in itself.

I still believe, in principle, that AI tutors could be massively helpful for learning. But apparently we haven't yet figured out how to take that principle and turn it into reality.

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galaxyLogic a day ago | parent | next [-]

I think the AI can not understand the situation of the student so it does not know what the student does not know. Therefore it can not guide the student through the main hurdles of learning and understanding a topic. Whereas a human tutor was once a human-student, AI never was.

	▲	mrdevlar a day ago \| parent [-]
		I mainly use AI for learning things these days. The biggest bottleneck is always providing the machine with your context in sufficient detail that it can understand how to help you. When learning a topic it isn't always clear cut on how to do that, as you're likely missing much of the vocabulary necessary to get the AI to give you the answer you want. AI is perfectly capable of teaching you quantum mechanics if you understand music theory. However, unless you have a full understanding of music theory, you'll need to explain to the machine what you know, and that takes trial and error that most students won't bother with.

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christkv a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Family exceptions and support as well as the students self drive are the main indicators of a students academical improvement in my experience.

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6stringmerc a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Until he shows a comparative study, and also any disaster information like mental health effects, then his entire claims three years in should be treated as bullshit.

Honest question: how many of you tech bros have used this platform with your own children? If you won’t dog food it, quit claiming it’ll help the disadvantaged. Please.