Your Child's Teacher May Soon Be a Computer

BBC Future | Nov 5, 2014

Education is becoming more and more expensive. But technology could lower the cost — and increase access to a college education or improve the quality of education for children. Elite universities like Harvard and Stanford are already leading the way.

Speaker:

Alfred Spector, Vice President of Research, Google

Moderated by Simon Frantz, Editor for BBC Future

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