From my understanding, they are trying to make Math education available to the entire population of the world. And now provide one on one personalized tutoring that currently only a fraction of the wealthiest people in their respective countries can afford.

It’s fortunate that it is cheaper than paying people.

That's the whole history of the last 250 years of the Industrial Revolution.

May it never end!

Not that much. Both of my kids worked as in-person math tutors through high school for extra spending money. They made $10/hour, and that's close to the top-end of what math tutors actually get. Math teaching ability isn't valuable enough to command much in the way of compensation... even though we keep hearing that it's important.

Do you mean this as a good thing or as a snide comment. I think it's a good thing but it's hard to tell your sentiment

I meant it as a matter-of-fact observation. The headline was changed after my comment, but it was "Why We’re Deeply Invested in Making AI Better at Math Tutoring".

The "why" is obvious, it's cheaper than paying people, and the article didn't have anything interesting to say.

Your comment is extremely shortsighted given the history of Khan Academy and the goals of that organization. I'm pretty sure that if they could pay for a tutor for every kid on the planet, they would. AI is being used to democratize access to education for underserved populations, and we should laud that effort despite some of the drawbacks of AI.

> Our mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.