UK’s First ‘Teacherless’ AI Classroom Set To Open In London

The UK’s first “teacherless” GCSE class, using artificial intelligence instead of human teachers, is about to start lessons.

David Game College, a private school in London, opens its new teacherless course for 20 GCSE students in September.

The students will learn using a mixture of artificial intelligence platforms on their computers and virtual reality headsets.

The platforms learn what the student excels in and what they need more help with, and then adapt their lesson plans for the term.

Strong topics are moved to the end of term so they can be revised, while weak topics will be tackled more immediately, and each student’s lesson plan is bespoke to them.

“There are many excellent teachers out there but we’re all fallible,” said John Dalton, the school’s co-principal.

“I think it’s very difficult to achieve [AI’s] level of precision and accuracy, and also that continuous evaluation.