At least the following can be considered “human advantages” compared to AI in education:
- going off-topic (in a good way—occasionally you go ‘off script’ and point out important angles that are not part of the material but are relevant: you are creating new perspective in the moment, which is not what ai conventionally does: it follows the script perfectly)
- prioritizing (ai shows all points as equally important, human can tell what really matters in practice)
- convincing (both are convincing but in different way: human’s conviction comes from real experience and is “felt” by other humans)
- alterating (human can verbally or non-verbally pause, speak more slowly, more loudly, etc. to keep interest and emphasize specific points that they really want to get across: ai is very fluent but more monotonic in this regard)
these advantages stem from having real experience about the subject matter one is teaching, and from being a human.
…now, depending on student preferences, each could be interpreted as a weakness, too:
- going off-topic is confusing. ai staying on topic is easier to follow.
- prioritization is human bias: ai gives a more balanced view and lets the student use their own thinking on what is important.
- conviction is similarly human bias: educator can be very confident while still being “out of touch” from what happens in the field in reality.
- alterating communication also includes imperfections like filler words, mispronounciation, or general lack of fluency or audibility that doesn’t happen with ai.