Opinion: AI Tutors Are Praising Instead of Teaching. Here’s Why That’s Hurting Students
As a professor, I recently gave a chatbot a weak student thesis, propped up by evidence that did not support the claim, and asked what it thought. It called the argument sharp, the structure clear and the reasoning strong. My job is to tell a student, kindly, when an argument is not working yet. But […]
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Published: 3 August 2026
Source: The 74 (education AI)
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy · Children & education
Retrieved: 4 August 2026
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