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In the field of education, I believe we're not that far off from having basic teachable AI agents. As the maxim goes, "The best way to learn is to teach". My v
by falcor84 7y ago
In the field of education, I believe we're not that far off from having basic teachable AI agents.
As the maxim goes, "The best way to learn is to teach". My vision here is that for any new topic a student learns, they (or the instructor) would be able to instantiate an AI agent with relevant preliminary knowledge, for the student to practice on. The student would try to teach the agent facts and/or how to perform basic tasks, and the agent, with some basic metacognition would be able to query the student regarding any unclear or conflicting points.
It definitely won't be anywhere near Turing Test level in 5 years, but I believe that by then we'll have something useful. And beyond that, I think there's real potential here, both for revolutionising education, and further down the line in terms of AGI.
This is slightly tangential, but this article from a few days ago strengthened my belief that we're getting closer -
https://reiinakano.com/2019/11/12/solving-probability.html https://reiinakano.com/2019/11/12/solving-probability.html
- monk_e_boy 7y agoA simple BOT that a student could ask for advice "I don't understand Python WHILE loops" and it pointed them to a YouTube video coupled with some easy examples. I see that is almost possible now.
- dmd 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+don%27t+understand+Python+WHILE+loops https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+don%27t+under... seems to work just fine.
- monk_e_boy 7y agoCouple this with repl.it and some examples to work through. Some hints on how to debug it, etc. I'm not asking for anything magic, just the glue that sticks all these bits together.
- zarify 7y agoI’ve been using Thonny with my students which has some basic feedback about errors and possible solutions, which isn’t bad (as well as variable inspection, although that gets a bit tedious with larger programs).
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- mendeza 7y agoI am really excited about this possibility! I am imaging having AI augment our ability to read and conduct reading comprehension, would be amazing for kids who may be weak in certain areas to get the feedback and help they need. Thanks for sharing the link!
- mncharity 7y agoIn personalized AR education, there's an opportunity of peer AI agents. Companions and colleagues. Ones with very non-human in/capability profiles. How to handle expectation management, especially with younger students, is a challenge. Visibly-malfunctioning cartoonish Sparky, the flaky robot dog?... If it misunderstands or forgets what you said, or is emotionally blind, well that's no surprise, it's broken.