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A teacher's hand resting lightly on the back of a chair where a young student works through a problem with a glowing guided thread of reasoning on the desk
applied ai June 24, 2026 4 min read

When AI Tutors Think Out Loud With a Student

A model that guides a child's reasoning in the moment is doing the most consequential thing software can do in a classroom. The bar for that is not engagement. It's the bar you'd hold a student teacher to.

Real-time AI instruction raises the stakes the instant a model starts shaping how a student thinks. Here's where the safety bar belongs and why the teacher stays in the loop.

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Eli Wood

CEO, Black Flag Design

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