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An AI tutor helped Harvard students learn more physics in less time

The Hechinger Report

A student’s view of PS2 Pal, the AI tutor used in a learning experiment inside Harvard’s physics department. But students learned more than twice as much in less time when they used an AI tutor in their dorm compared with attending their usual physics class in person. They learned more and they liked it.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

ED Surge

But the desire among some entrepreneurs to use these tools as replacements for teachers or personal tutors has provoked skepticism. Artificial Tools, Human Judgments When EdSurge first spoke to Kohn, the lab coordinator, he was using ChatGPT as a teacher’s assistant in biology courses.

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Why Hidden Artificial Intelligence Features Make Such an Impact in Education

ED Surge

It really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. And I think it really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. Connectivity is probably how Qualcomm offers the greatest impact in education.

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