The whole point of Khan academy is democratizing education. Hiring math tutors for the millions of kids around the world that use Khan academy materials is impossible (so far). There are tons of situations where it is not possible to hire a human math tutor, for reasons of cost, access, time, resource constraints, etc. If a kid in a remote village in Alaska with no math tutors can have access to a world class education through AI whenever they need it, then this is a pretty good solution.

The origin of Khan academy was Sal Khan filming lessons for his younger cousins, it was easier to host the videos on YT than anywhere else. When he realized that other people were watching his videos and learning from them he took a leap of faith, and quit his job to start a non-profit with the goal of providing free educational materials to anyone.

If you find a way to hire and fund thousands or millions of tutors worldwide to provide no charge education, get in touch with Sal Khan, since that's what he has been trying to do for the past 2 decades.

Recent research in education has actually explored the question. The Center for American Progress published a summary of research findings [1] in January that noted: "High-dosage tutoring is one of the few school-based interventions with demonstrated significant positive effects on both math and reading achievement," so it's a viable solution—if there's funding.

The limitation is price. Many listings for reputable math tutors are greater than $60 USD per hour. If you go by the CAP's minimum for "high-dosage tutoring" of a 30-minute session three times a week, that sums to at least $360 USD per month. Many parents do pay for this for children, but it's an unaffordable expense for many people. There is an initiative to provide free tutoring (via the "Schoolhouse" project founded by Khan Academy's Sal Khan to have volunteer tutors, who are often university students), but it's not yet clear to me whether the quality of volunteer tutors will be sufficient to make a difference in the success of students.

I've also read elsewhere that one of the most important factors in tutoring effectiveness is the frequency of consistently meeting with the tutor. An AI tutor would help with frequency via lowering the price—though then again, there may be more feelings of accountability with meeting a human person at a scheduled time, versus using a software tool consistently.

[1] https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheet-scaling-...

Because with an AI I'm only wasting My time with all my dumb questions.

I kinda love how it doesn't lose patience with my stupidity

I am reminded of a grad school friend with a rich extended family, who was bent on persuading me that the super high quality luggage he acquired was more than worth the price.

What I would have had to give up to get that luggage, if that was even possible, or where I was supposed to store it in my tiny apartment, were not concerns that computed for them.

Why not be deeply invested in hiring strong rickshaw pullers?