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Randomized, controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as tutor in Nigeria. 6 weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. (blogs.worldbank.org)
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[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

Personally, I don't think the evidence has established an AI tutor is better than no tutor. Maybe for English, certainly not for Math, Science, History, Art, or any other subjects.

LLMs can be wrong - so can teachers, but I'd bet dollars to donuts the LLM is wrong more often.