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.
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. Gates explains that while there are already human tutors that can help students online, chatbots have the potential to be free, and could simultaneously reach millions of students.