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Not yet, anyway. It might be possible with an AI that modelled human psychology. I don't think that's an impossible goal. In fact I wouldn't be surprised to see
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
Not yet, anyway. It might be possible with an AI that modelled human psychology. I don't think that's an impossible goal. In fact I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen within 10 years (climate change and war permitting.)
The problem is that people like Gates and Zuckerberg are fully paid up members of the "You can't let people use technology without exploiting them" group.
So AI-assisted personalised teaching would come with a cost - a corporate learning and skills profile of the pupils.
Which would inevitably be sold to other corporates.
From a market point of view that kind of information would be immensely valuable for hiring and HR.
But it would be it would be apocalyptically disastrous from the point of view of personal freedom and political accountability.
And no doubt the service would be tiered, so a minimal unsophisticated model would be available to almost everyone, while more sophisticated and effective models would require a paid subscription.
Teaching is one of those professions where you can see what cultures really value. In the US it's clearly not open access to high quality education.
Automated tutoring won't change that unless cultural values change too. Without that, it will just recreate the current situation with added social costs.