Gustavo Torres

Imagine telling someone from 200 years ago that humanity invented a machine capable of explaining almost any subject, in almost any language, at almost any level of complexity. A machine that never gets tired of your questions. That can teach you mathematics, physics, programming, philosophy, or practically anything else. Available to billions of people for little or no money. They’d probably consider it one of the greatest inventions in human history. And what was one of our first reactions? Schools trying to figure out how to stop students from using it. I understand the concerns about cheating. But there’s something deeply ironic about treating potentially the most powerful educational tool ever created primarily as a threat to education.