Let the Machines Guide Us: How Machine Learning Augments Human Learning

In previous LI articles I've written, I've discussed the intersections and similarities between human learning and machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI). Others have written about the similarities and differences in the learning process itself. After several requests for my insights, I've decided it's time to write about the topic everyone has been asking experts in the learning field recently, namely, how ML/AI facilitates or augments human learning. To quote Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let me count the ways. When laypeople think about ML/AI, many people describe the commonly used recommender systems popularized by Netflix, Amazon and many, many others.