A look at edtech startups like Squirrel AI that are using AI to personalize learning in China, where fierce academic competition is driving an AI education boom
the fact that the author conflates personalized learning, online collaborative learning, and students' facial recognition in some grand “algorithms are replacing teachers” narrative... https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
“In October 2017, for example, a self-funded four-day study with 78 middle school students found that the system was better on average at lifting math test scores than experienced teachers teaching a dozen or so kids in a traditional classroom."https://www.technologyreview .com/ …
@peterdodds China targeted gap-based ML edu by @techreview https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... “Squirrel's innovation is in its granularity & scale. For every course it offers, its engineering team works w a group of master teachers to subdivide the subject into the smallest po…
China is undergoing the largest-scale experiment on artificial intelligence in education. Here's what's happening and how it could shape the rest of the world. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
Fluff piece on Chinese AI education. Don't know what is more disturbing—the fact that the author conflates personalized learning, online collaborative learning, and students' facial recognition in some grand “algorithms are replacing teachers” narrative... https://www.technologyr…