• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Fluff piece that’s pretty light on details, but it sounds like they’re totally abandoning core science and math skills? That does not at all sound encouraging.

  • littlebrother@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Ha take the ai tutor away and ask questions…bet the kids won’t know anything it supposedly taught them.

  • Sergio@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    fta:

    At Alpha School in Austin, Texas, students are placed in the classroom for two hours a day with an AI assistant, using the rest of the day to focus on skills like public speaking, financial literacy, and teamwork.

  • Futurologist@futurology.today
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    3 days ago

    Large educational improvements have been demonstrated in Africa with AI too. What seems to be happening is that benefits students gain from one-on-one tutoring, happen with AI which effectively functions as the same thing.