SA launches facility to build humanoid teachers for 23,000 schools

Hanno Labuschagne said:
SA launches facility to build humanoid teachers for 23,000 schools

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation has announced the launch of a manufacturing facility to produce AI humanoid "IRIS" tutor devices at the Dube TradePort in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Thandoh Gumede, CEO of BSG and Technologies, said that the long-term goal is to deploy the company's IRIS robotic tutors at all 23,000 schools across South Africa.
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Again we're doing something the rest of the world has already tried and failed at expensively and stupidly. I'm choosing to believe it's a belated April Fool's Day prank.
 
sensus communis said:
This must be the stupidest thing on the internet , this year so far
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Why? they have arguably the best math skills in the universe. Read and write, definitely better than what we currently have. Then also no risk of it being a predator and taking advantage of learners.

Sports... They will be inexhaustible. no sick leave, just always available.
 
Like .....
The ANC were gonna create jobs ....
Like they were going to create economic growth ....
Like SAA was free from corruption ....
Like policing was free from corruption ....
Like services were going to be world class .....
Like those Wakanda mega cities ....
Like SA is a non racial domcracy .....
Like they were going to make SA safe ....

But I believe them this time ...... Viva ANC viva.

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I am sorry to say, but this isn't going to work out. Not because it is a bot, but because it is going to age quickly. There is a reason these Maker Labs people want to roll it out within a year. The question is, who in the state departments approved this?
 
Also, on their website, it doesn't even have anything... Not even policies and compliance. They have a lacklustre "about us" page, and a FAQ which raises more questions than answers.

STAY AWAY!!!
 
garyc said:
These types of robots have been used for specialized activities such as language training and teaching children with autism. It will be interesting to see if this robot can handle more general teaching tasks, or if it will also be used for specialized activities.

Here is a robot for teaching children with autism:

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that actually inspires a smidgen of hope, given that it's a very fine line between the average South African scholar and autism
 
They could use the William Smith education series, like many schools did, except for the fact he died 2 years ago, and he is a non person in the new SA, as they cannot have him teach students, as he was way too smart.
 
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