The Emerging Evidence On AI Tutoring That’s Hard to Ignore

A debate once confined to philosophy seminars is now landing squarely in the classroom: if learning follows the same physical laws as everything else, what happens when machines begin to master it? A growing body of research — including a striking Harvard study — suggests AI tutors can outperform even strong human instruction under the right conditions. But the same tools, used poorly, can undermine understanding and create dependence. The article explores this tension, asking whether education is on the cusp of a breakthrough or a slide into cognitive offloading, and what it means for the future of teaching itself. Carl Hendrick with The Learning Dispatch has the full story.