Koji: World’s first AI tutor that teaches kids how to think, not memorize

In today’s digital world, artificial intelligence models have been blamed for making people dumber as a result of cognitive offloading. Various research studies have proven the harmful impacts of generative AI tools on humans’ cognitive skills.

What if you come across an AI tool that helps to build critical thinking skills instead of resorting to rote memorization and ready-made answers.

Brilliant founder Sue Khim has recently unveiled the world's first AI graphical tutor specifically designed for children that teaches them how to think, instead of memorising the answers.

Taking to X, Khim posted "AI is making kids dumber. It should be making them geniuses. Introducing Koji, the first AI tutor that gets kids to actually think."

Named as Koji, this AI-powered tutor is built on years of infrastructure from Brilliant. What makes this AI tutor unique and interactive is the integration of “Socratic method”, allowing kids to ask questions, build confidence and guide students to find answers themselves.

As a result, students become accustomed to do “heavy lifting” of thinking, thereby reducing the dependence of answer-giving AI models.

Through this model, the parents can also evaluate students' interactions in real-time, annotate graphs and adjust lessons based on the progress of kids.

Koji also promotes proactive engagement through “speak first” strategy. The model is designed to start conversation at the start of lessons, resolving the issues of students in the first place.

It also offers a user-friendly interface characterized by a character-based interface instead of a sparkle button.

Currently, Koji is available in most mathematics and coding courses on Brilliant. As per website, the future updates will encompass support for personal school assignments and deep multilingual capabilities.