Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Impact: How Educational AI is Making the Grade

Adoption of artificial intelligence is on the rise: According to research firm Gartner, 37 percent of organizations have now "implemented AI in some form," and adoption is up 270 percent over the past four years. Schools are following suit: Technavio's "Artificial Intelligence Market in the US Education Sector 2018-2022" report predicts a nearly 48 percent growth rate for AI tools over the next three years. As noted by MIT Technology Review, the rapid development and uptake of AI solutions has created an environment where companies may "obfuscate and oversell" AI abilities even as organizations race to implement new solutions and keep up with the competition. The key to AI success is specificity. It is crucial to define key needs AI tools can meet and shortcomings it can address.