Unbound Academy promises students will learn “twice as fast” with an AI tutor and an educator “guide.” Skeptics say the model is unproven and should not replace traditional classroom instruction. The group behind the platform wants to open two charter schools in Pennsylvania.
There was something of an earlier effort to do MOOCs. My impression is that they didn’t take off, because I stopped hearing about them. But I don’t really follow current education, so…
I think that at some point, dramatic improvements to education are probably doable, and that we probably have the technology today.
But I’m kind of skeptical that AI is really the missing piece, at least given the state that it’s in today.
There was something of an earlier effort to do MOOCs. My impression is that they didn’t take off, because I stopped hearing about them. But I don’t really follow current education, so…
I think that at some point, dramatic improvements to education are probably doable, and that we probably have the technology today.
But I’m kind of skeptical that AI is really the missing piece, at least given the state that it’s in today.