Developing a General Personal Tutor for Education

2025/12/04 by Aru, Jaan, Laak, Kristjan-Julius
#Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.04869

Abstract

The vision of a universal AI tutor has remained elusive, despite decades of effort. Could LLMs be the game-changer? We overview novel issues arising from developing a nationwide AI tutor. We highlight the practical questions that point to specific gaps in our scientific understanding of the learning process.

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