When Your AI Tutor Has No Teaching Degree

Lucas and Luna explore the hidden crisis in AI-powered education: tutoring systems that claim to personalize learning but lack any pedagogical training. They examine the case of Khan Academy's Khanmigo, an AI tutor rolled out in 2023 that sometimes gives students confident but wrong answers. The conversation digs into why AI tutors fail at the basics of teaching—like knowing when a student is stuck, or how to ask a leading question instead of giving away the answer. They also discuss the growing pressure on schools to adopt AI tools without evidence that they improve learning outcomes. This episode offers a critical look at the gap between ed-tech marketing and actual educational research, asking whether we're automating a profession we don't fully understand. #AIinEducation #Khanmigo #EdTech #AIBias #Pedagogy #KhanAcademy #PersonalizedLearning #Teaching #AISafety #EducationPolicy #EdTechCritique #LearningSciences #SalKhan #AIPromises #StudentOutcomes #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo