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Rant: I mocked AI tutors until my kid aced a test.

Turns out they explain things better than I ever could.
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price.linda
I mocked them too, but that weird patience CHANGED my mind.
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dakotag26
dakotag262mo ago
Honestly I was in the same boat, thought they were just a gimmick. My niece used one for algebra last semester and it totally turned her grades around. It just has that weird patience a person sometimes runs out of.
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jennybailey
jennybailey1mo agoProlific Poster
Remember feeling like @amy754, totally sure it was a waste of time. Then I got stuck helping my nephew with his fractions homework last week, and after my third try explaining it the same way, I just pulled up one of those free tutor bots on my phone. It showed him a different way to picture the problem with a pizza, and his face just lit up. I had to admit, the thing never got that tight, impatient feeling in its voice that I definitely had. It just tried a new angle without any sighing. Kind of a weird thing to get shown up by a chunk of code.
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amy754
amy7542mo ago
Well, guess I'll eat my words. Nothing like being schooled by a machine.
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