- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang uses AI chatbots to learn by questioning their reasoning.
- Huang's method involves asking AI to explain answers and apply reasoning to different contexts.
- Companies like Google and Khan Academy are developing AI tools for educational purposes.
Jensen Huang's method of learning from AI probably sounds more like an interrogation.
During a recent interview at Hong Kong University, the Nvidia CEO encouraged people to "get an AI as a tutor," adding that he often talks to his chatbot to learn.
"I use my AI," he said, "and I torture my AI to teach me."
Huang's form of "torture" involves asking the AI a question and five follow-up queries.
First he asks why it gave its answer. Then he prompts the AI to break it down step by step. Next he has it explain its reasoning in different ways.
He said he then asks the chatbot to "apply this reasoning to something else" and, finally, requests some analogies.
While Huang's process involves drilling chatbots with questions, companies are developing more-specialized teaching tools. In November, Google launched Learn About, an AI tool for exploring educational topics.
In March, the education platform Khan Academy introduced a chatbot, Khanmigo, designed to help students with subjects such as math, writing, and programming. Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, the chatbot doesn't provide answers but guides users in solving problems.
In a TED Talk last year, Khan Academy's founder, Sal Khan, predicted that each student would eventually have an "artificially intelligent but amazing personal tutor." Some teachers are incorporating AI into their curriculum to provide students with more personalized assistance.
