About AI tutoring as a way to give every student one-on-one teaching.
Has this happened?
Yes 58 (49%)Not sure 28 (24%)No 32 (27%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About AI tutoring as a way to give every student one-on-one teaching.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I'm just waiting for AI to get good enough at tutoring that we can get one-on-one education. Bloom's two sigma problem[1] has already shown us that most students are nowhere near their potential, and tutoring is too expensive to give every student their own tutor so we're stuck with this inferior education system.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem