The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

By: Niral Shah, University of Washington, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 15, 2025

Words: 1,247

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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By Niral Shah, University of Washington

In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand alone in pods surrounded by 360-degree digital screens. Adults wander among the pods but do not talk to the students. Instead, each child interacts only with a sophisticated artificial intelligence, which peppers them with questions about everything from mathematics to philosophy.

This is not the reality in today’s …

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