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New Study Shows Usefulness of GPT-4 as a Tutor in Nigeria

By Bbenzon @bbenzon

No working paper yet, but the results and experiment are written up here. They used Microsoft Copilot and teachers provided guidance and initial prompts: https://t.co/F2cdnAsdkk

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 15, 2025

And since it isn't clear to everyone who doesn't read the blog post - the fact that this is teacher-led is likely very important. We know that independent use of AI as a tutor can harm learning in some circumstances, because it gives the illusion of learning.

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 15, 2025

I wrote more about when AI helps and hurts education here. https://t.co/5wqT3JmsB4

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 16, 2025

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