How smartphones and AI are transforming education in rural India
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The Economist
Summary
A brief vignette from Nagepur village shows how smartphones and AI tools like YouTube coaching classes and ChatGPT are being used by rural Indian students like Karan Kumar to pursue higher education and prepare for government job exams, illustrating the penetration of digital technology into rural life.
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Asked how he studies, he whips out a phone to show The Economist his favourite YouTube coaching classes and long conversations with ChatGPT about questions he does not understand.
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