April 15, 2026
The conversation around AI in education has shifted. It is no longer simply about whether AI should be used in classrooms, but about how, and more importantly, about who remains in control.
December 2, 2025
AI systems are advancing rapidly, but in education, progress is gated by something deeper than raw model performance: trust. Teachers and students do not interact with models in the abstract. They interact with them in contexts filled with constraints, expectations, and responsibilities. An AI education tool is only useful if...
August 29, 2025
In an era where knowledge is expanding exponentially and traditional education systems struggle to keep pace, AI offers transformative solutions. The recent AI-Powered Education Meetup in London explored how machine learning, particularly Knowledge Tracing (KT), can revolutionise personalised learning.
July 5, 2025
Imagine building the perfect virtual teacher - a virtual tutor that knows how to teach any student. But how do you test it? How do you compare teaching strategies A vs. B? Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard, sure. But they're like waiting for a glacier to melt...
July 5, 2025
I was very happy to find so many papers on education that used Randomised/Randomised Control Trials. But after the first 20 papers, I stopped being happy and started to feel tired. Many papers contained logical black holes, compromising their conclusions. I kept seeing the same problems, so I built a...
June 3, 2025
The AI tutor dream is somewhat built on a 1984 study, “The 2 Sigma Problem.” 5,000+ citations! It’s based on a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) and must be legit. Right? Well, it’s actually not.
April 15, 2025
In the realm of artificial intelligence, there's a fascinating parallel that many might overlook: great one-on-one tutoring is less like traditional classroom teaching and more akin to engaging in a high-stakes strategy game.
March 12, 2025
The current state of education as a science reminds me where the medicine was slightly less than a hundred years ago. On a verge of converting from guesswork to a proper science. But for now many educational practices are still rooted in tradition and intuition rather than evidence.
