Interview

November 28, 2018

Professor Rose Luckin: how AI in education should work

The Institute of Education prof wants to connect innovators, educators, academics and ethics.


Layli Foroudi

8 min read

When Professor Rose Luckin was looking to change careers from teaching in 1990 after having kids, she chose an AI and computing course. It was a rogue choice — her family thought she was going to study “artificial insemination”. Today, she spends a lot of time trying to join the dots across the edtech industry, figuring out how to connect academia and startups, and how to use AI  in education – properly and ethically.

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