AI Technology is Disrupting the Traditional Classroom. Here's a Progress Report.

"You've got a perfect storm, really," says Rose Luckin, a professor at University College London who has studied AIEd for the past 20 years. "You can do things that you weren't able to do before." AIEd now helps investigate the steps students go through when learning subjects from calculus to chemistry, shining a light on what individual learners need to progress. To get there, an AI program is first trained on hundreds or thousands of students' work, gaining a knowledge base of the common areas that give learners trouble. Then over time, as an individual uses the system, the AI homes in on specifics to focus on, usually offering bespoke lessons to brush up on skills, and, in some cases, offer pep talks through bots.