In a recent interview with The Verge , Microsoft co - founder Bill Gates lauded the potential for robots ( 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’s just a binary " 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 .
In a recent interview with The Verge , Microsoft co - founder Bill Gates lauded the potential for robots ( 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 .