Will Teachers Be Replaced By AI?
A teacher’s take
With the global unleashing of advanced AI apps, like ChatGPT, onto the world, there’s been a lot of talk over AI replacing teachers. This debate has been happening for years, both in the online and brick-and-mortar education spaces.
Although billions have been invested in AI technology, it’s still far from replacing human teachers, despite the efforts of some businesses and schools to do so.
Even if AI suddenly became incredibly advanced, to the point where you couldn’t tell if you were talking to a human or a robot, robots could never replace teachers because we are more than just vessels that spout information and tell students if they’re right or wrong. We have many hats that we wear that machines can never replicate.
Overpromising and Exaggerating Capabilities
Over the past several years, online education businesses have exaggerated the capabilities of their AI-powered apps to get more customers.
I used to work for a Chinese company called VIPKID, which is an online English language school that mostly catered to children in China but is now available to students around the world.
The company sells English lessons with live, native-speaking English teachers who are mainly from…
