Can AI help you learn, or is it just finishing your homework?
On this episode, Aryash Shyam talks with Dr. Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab and a former high school teacher, about where the line is between using AI as a tutor and using it as a shortcut.
Dr. Reich acknowledges how little we still know about AI technology and why it's still hard to completely trust the answers it gives you. Plus, what his interviews with students revealed about their AI uses, and how assignments can be redesigned to ensure students are still learning.
Teen Scientist with host Aryash Shyam brings you groundbreaking innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines - entirely from a teenage perspective. Catch it the first Thursday of every month from 6:00 to 6:30 PM following All Things Considered.
(Original air-date: 8/6/26)
