Anyone else used Chegg, Kumon, or any online tutoring service before?
Well, it seems like those days are done!
GPT pretty much took their place.
What are your thoughts on this? Is there even a future for them?
I don't think services like that are available during my school time. At best, it's online tutoring.
From your wording, I thought those services had already closed. Turns out they're still accessible? What's the data that supports GPT replacing those services? What's the difference between 1-in-1 tutoring and GPT answers? I feel like some teachers have adapted to make sure their students don't use GPT to cheat nowadays.
I think it's basically over if the tutoring is about text in, text out, since basically anyone can ask anything and pretty much get the correct answer. However, there are some limitations, especially with numbers (math). I still find it difficult to use a keyboard for math contexts. It can maybe be solved with a pen/stylus for PC.
But offline tutoring is a completely different game since it requires the tutor's presence, especially with kids, because they rarely can study without supervision. So basically, parents hire people to make sure their child studies lol.
Is GPT able to provide structured, interactive and responsible lessons without being asked (prompted)? Most humans want instant things, including doctorate-level learning, and AI never refuses such requests even if you have to go through several basic learning stages that you are not aware of. GPT will not actively ask about your learning progress and remind you. It has no responsibility to make you smarter.
Online tutorial on what, is it online tutorial on home based do it yourself routine or are tutorials on professional work, I am not familiar with Chegg or Kumon.
But for views Sake people are still watching tutorial videos and there are some tutorials people want to learn from someone like a real person doing it and not ChatGPT.
But soon ChatGPT will be the main go to place for tutorials or anything about asking for help.
From the emergence of Artificial intelligence like chatgpt the use of most only educational materials is gradually losing their value because, the fact is that we are now in the A.I regime were everything you want to know is made possible by Artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is the future of the world and everything is going to be affected by it including the educational sector which makes use of artificial intelligence to their advantage.
But one of thing students should be careful with is over reliance on , the use of artificial intelligence over making proper educational research because these days is that what I see most people just use artificial intelligence for backsically everything without a proper study. A.I these days has been relegated to a answer generating machine for me.
My kids take kumon, once a week they come to course place and do worksheet in there and the tutor conduct direct supervision, after finished they get a bunch of worksheet to be done at home every day and bring the completed worksheet when they come next week. From your short explanation i think you referring to many affiliate program who sell printable such a kumon worksheet (similar but not the same), they generate the prompt through chatGPT and sell the result. Actually anybody now can generate prompt by themself and you think it can replace the role of the tutor. I agree with you on some point but depending on the child or student, some find it easier to get explanations directly from the tutor especially for special needed kids like my sons when answering complicated math question, he need the tutor explained the logic behind those question to get the answer.
So some of tutor or theacher role can be replaced by AI but there are many significant role that can not be replaced by AI such as giving motivation, frame of thinking and opening real world context with it personal relationship emation, do not forget beside transfering knowled teacher also has significant role on building character especially discipline and chat GPT can not do it.
First we can tell if it's over for the platform since they are still in operation until AI finally take over. However, the team decision on hiw to elevate their service with the new innovative technology which is the AI we tell if it's over for them.
Since alot of platform are working on AI while some have I already implemented AI into their system so that they won't be obsolete in their service setting in the future.
This reminds me Google, Microsoft, and others making an investment of billions into AI this year.
The online tutoring website owner needs to make an advancement of their service and if they don't then it's over when AI takes over all settings.
My nephew do the same and I don't think we're at the peak that it replaces the role of the teachers absolutely because at some point some of these LLMs do tend to have some hallucinations especially if you don't give them the right prompts. Probably 10-20 years from now we could say it replaces all but it's probably their marketing too. I think we just overrated these AI at some point but I also don't think most kf these jobs will be replaced by AI so sudden.
Low-quality mass-market tutoring may die out. But it is hardly possible to replace the training of experienced teachers with AI. There are many nuances that AI misses, in addition, do not forget about the hallucinations of AI (generates fictional information). On the other hand, high-quality training is often unnecessary.
There is another side of this phenomenon that is not so positive. The use of AI reduces thinking abilities (it was like with calculators - people forgot how to count in their minds). A gradual decrease in the ability to think independently is, after all, the opposite result to what the training is aimed at. But studying with a good tutor does not lead to this.
These platforms are still unique because they have a structured learning process for learners. Students who use them are guided throughout the process until they achieve their goals.
Many young people are not aware of Chegg or Kumon because AI is doing almost the same thing. These educational platforms might ultimately become obsolete. For them to survive they should integrate AI into their platforms and engage in massive promotions.
Never even heard of these services, I remember when Google searching was enough to get you what you needed - you just had to learn the right way to tease out the information you wanted. Back before everything had an AI summary and you had to interpret the results a bit more to see if they'd fit with what you needed. I can see these homework and tutoring services becoming obsolete as AI can fill that role very well these days. Nothing might replace real 1-on-1 teaching by a private tutor but that can get expensive and only richer parents are going to be spending that wort of money. Lots of services like this are going to get knocked out in the coming years, if they haven't been already.
I've never used Chegg, but I do remember online course/online tutorial platforms like Udemy, Coursera and Skillshare. Maybe they still exist, but AI is going to put an end on this "online course" market sooner or later. This is totally normal. As technology advances more niches on the online markets will disappear. I'm also wondering about what would happen to the big online Q&A platforms like Quora. Yahoo Answers got shut down years ago, but Quora still exists. What's the point of asking questions on Quora, when you could ask ChatGPT, Google Gemini or DeepSeek?
This is not true, there are so many means of teaching and learning and the method chosen by a person depends mostly on preference. One thing that will always standout is that one-on-one tutoring is not going to be replaced by anything. I have used several online learning platform and each serve their purpose; while some are visual, some are audio visual and I chose the method to use depending on what I want to achieve. There is also some platform that allow for live interactions with tutors which you cannot find in any AI platform.
I find it hard to believe that Skillshare or something similar will die because of AI, though. Based on my experience, their courses are quite unique because the teachers offer many things, not just a simple "learn HTML to edit a webpage". Sometimes they share tips, experiences, and so on. I'm not sure how AI will replace that. Not to mention some of them offer certificates that some workplaces consider to be valuable. Using AI will probably help you grasp the basic concept faster, but you'll have to develop more than that to convince people your skill is real.