The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 03, 2018, 04:52:11 pm
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The World’s First Digital Teacher Just Debuted in New Zealand
sebagee / Emily Cho
by Kristin Houser August 27, 2018 Artificial Intelligence
A NEW KIND OF TEACHER. It’s back to school, and you know what that means — time to fire up the computer that teaches you!
That’s what primary school students in New Zealand have to look forward to, anyways. They’ll soon be the first students in the world to learn from an artificially intelligent (AI) digital avatar.
https://futurism.com/digital-teacher-new-zealand-will/
MEET WILL. Auckland energy company Vector teamed up with AI company Soul Machines to create the avatar, which goes by the name Will. The AI is now part of Vector’s Be Sustainable with Energy program, which it offers free-of-charge to schools to which it provides electricity.
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Does it talk like the teacher on "Charlie Brown"?