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In the 2009 Star Trek reboot, a young Spock is shown in a Vulcan school. It is a dark, cavernous room with learning pods like giant bowls carved into the floor, a pod for each student, each pod made of a ring of screens, each screen brimming with information. Adults pace the floor above. AI voices in the pods pepper students with questions and blanket the screens with dazzling graphs and equations, and the students answer, demonstrating their mastery. It is a vision of AI tut

“Will AI replace teachers?”  This question reveals more about the beliefs and assumptions people have about teaching and learning than anything else. To us, the answer is clear: No, AI will not replace teachers. The core components of learning – human agency; the relationships between students, teachers, and content; essential skills; and much more – are timeless.  But that’s not the whole story. AI will replace some tasks in education, and AI has the potential to substantial