In Classrooms, Teachers Put A.I. Tutoring Bots to the Test

Tech industry hype and doomsday prophesies around A.I.-enhanced chatbots like ChatGPT sent many schools scrambling this year to block or limit the use of the tools in classrooms. Newark Public Schools is taking a different approach. It is one of the first school systems in the United States to pilot test Khanmigo, an automated teaching aid developed by Khan Academy, an education nonprofit whose online lessons are used by hundreds of districts. Newark has essentially volunteered to be a guinea pig for public schools across the country that are trying to distinguish the practical use of new A.I.-assisted tutoring bots from their marketing promises.

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hype：大肆宣传；炒作

doomsday：世界末日（doom 厄运）

prophesy：预言

scramble：爬；抢夺

approach：n. 办法；vt. 来临；靠近；商量，征求

pilot：除了飞行员，还有试点的意思

guinea pig：这里指的是小白鼠

aid：vt. 帮助；n. 助手

marketing promise：营销宣传