Open-access paper traces the intertwined histories of AI and education

ArtificialOther · x · 2026-11-10

Shayan Doroudi's open-access paper in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education argues AI and education have been deeply intertwined since AI's earliest days: many AI pioneers were cognitive scientists who saw AI as a tool for thinking about human learning and vice versa. The paper traces two distinct strands of cognition research, notes this integrative perspective has faded from both fields, and suggests how the AIED and learning sciences communities might revive it.

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