How do we restore the art of teaching in a world of AI?

It's another week, and there's another AI sales pitch to tell us all that robots can reduce workload and teach students better. That teachers aren't good enough at differentiation: robots can spot the gaps in pupils' learning more quickly and, using sophisticated algorithms, come up with instant tasks to bridge the gap and pave the way to success. Sadly, the idea that AI can cure all ills has been around too long unchallenged – except by dinosaurs like me. Somehow we've all begun to believe that pupils are empty vessels and – worse still – they are programmable. We may live in a technological age and we may be up to our eyeballs in glitzy apps.