In a recent interview with The Verge, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates lauded the potential for chatbots (programmes that chat with users over messaging apps as if they are human) in education. He thinks the major advances will come once chatbots can hold a conversation with students, essentially turning into a tutor, guiding each student personally through their studies at their own pace, in their own time. "It could be completely free." Then you can have vertical tutors where, if you’re confused about a concept, it’s another level of interactivity. “Imagine you have an AI assistant who is teaching your child how to do math,” he said.
In a recent interview with The Verge, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates lauded the potential for chatbots (programmes that chat with users over messaging apps as if they are human) in education. He thinks the major advances will come once chatbots can hold a conversation with students, essentially turning into a tutor, guiding each student personally through their studies at their own pace, in their own time. “Imagine you have an AI assistant who is teaching your child how to do math,” he said.