AI and Education
AI could help even those who struggle the most learn better in the future, say computer scientists and educators James Lester and Noboru Matsuda. With personalized precision tutors, interactive experiences and the time-proven power of storytelling, learning in the future will be easier – and more fun.
Will Our Best Teachers Be Robots?
AI could help even those who struggle the most learn better in the future, say computer scientists and educators James Lester and Noboru Matsuda. With personalized precision tutors, interactive experiences and the time-proven power of storytelling, learning in the future will be easier – and more fun.
“What if you could take a collection of capabilities of human tutors and somehow replicate them in a pedagogical agent, in an AI-driven agent that has human-like characteristics?”
– James Lester, Will Our Best Teachers Be Robots?
“My Buddy” – A Lifelong Learning Pal
Within 10 years, each person will have a lifelong AI “pal” by their side. This pal learns along with you, as you grow from birth to death. Throughout life, you train your pal to become better and better at providing learning experiences that are more effective and engaging for you. The pal grows to understand you like no one ever has or will. It keys into your emotions. It knows what motivates you. It identifies when you’re struggling – and jumps in at the perfect time with the best way to help. It optimizes learning, embodying all the characteristics and behaviors gleaned from pedagogy and indigenous tutoring practices that have long made the best one-on-one tutors exceptional at helping students learn. With its assistance you can grasp any new concept almost instantly. Your AI pal is your personalized personal assistant, your soulmate – a sixth sense. Importantly, it also connects you more with others, like social media did in its early days. It makes you less lonely, and because you’re less lonely you learn better. In this future, learning is fun, easy and pain-free.