Imagine you are training as a dentist and must treat a patient with sensitive teeth, a nervous disposition and a challenging diagnosis.
Now imagine that patient is powered by artificial intelligence, programmed by your professor and designed to help you develop a pleasing, jargon-free chair-side manner.
The scenario is one made possible by an Australian AI platform developed at the University of Sydney and published on Microsoft Marketplace that is being adopted by universities around the world.
Its creators say the technology is not designed to replace educators but let them design their own teaching aides and direct their students' AI use.
The development comes amid heightened focus on artificial intelligence, including a warning from Pope Leo about its impact on humanity, and research highlighting concerns that AI will have a bigger impact on education than the arrival of the internet.
