The expert named the advantages of teachers over AI

The responses of artificial intelligence (AI) are perceived by students as "more fair and pleasant," but at the same time, progress after interacting with the teacher turns out to be higher. Dmitry Abbakumov, academic director at the Foxford Online school, told Izvestia about this on May 12.

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"The teacher is perceived as an authority, but it is precisely this authority that can generate fear of evaluation — overt or covert. The AI can ask about anything, reformulate the request, or come from the other side. This is an opportunity to test your understanding without the risk of making mistakes publicly," he explained.

The interlocutor of Izvestia recalled a study by the Institute of Education at the University of Zurich, in which similar trends were noted in the university environment: students accept feedback from AI more easily, largely because it does not feel like an assessment.

The same study says that students liked the answers of the large language model more as "fairer and more pleasant," but at the same time, learning progress after AI messages was less than after teachers' stories.

In pedagogical nuances, deep logic and disciplinary specifics, artificial intelligence is inferior to real teachers, the expert concluded.

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