I recently watched a segment on “60 minutes” that explored the potential for artificial intelligence to impact education.
In the piece, Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, discusses Khanmigo – an AI-powered tutor developed to enhance education. Khanmigo provides personalized tutoring to students and helps teachers with tasks like lesson planning and grading.
One former English teacher talked about how she previously taught 100 students. When she needed to review first drafts of an essay, she would spend only about 10 minutes per student. But that limited amount of time per essay still meant that she was spending about 16 hours just to review first drafts. AI-powered tools like Khanmigo already have shown the capacity to review papers and provide…