How classroom AI Khanmigo can help students in emotional distress [Video]

On an early morning in Hobart, Indiana, Abigail, a high school student studying chemistry, sat across from what could be the next big tech innovation in education.

Khanmigo, an AI platform designed by the educational nonprofit Khan Academy, is like Socrates in a laptop: it responds to questions with questions, imploring students to use their own knowledge to lead them to a fully understood, contextualized answer.

“I asked it… what are three examples of acids?” Abigail explained to 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper.

After providing more examples, Khanmigo listed different types of acid found in common, everyday beverages.

Then it asked, “Can you think of any household items that might contain acid?”