Thread by @chrismanfrank

Marc Andreessen recently tweeted “In our new era of AI: Every child will have an A.I. tutor that is infinitely patient, infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely helpful.”

That era is here.

Try it yourself 👉 synthesis.com/tutor

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Wealthy elites have always known tutoring builds exceptional people.

Alexander the Great was tutored by Aristotle.

The holy grail of education technology is a superhuman personal tutor.

That is what we are building, starting with mathematics.

theintrinsicperspective.com/p/why-we-stopp…

We are standing on the shoulders of giants.

DARPA researchers created the first superhuman digital tutor for the U.S. military.

We worked with these researchers, then used modern AI tools to go even further.

lesswrong.com/posts/vbWBJGWy…

One of the DARPA lessons is to start with the world’s best teachers.

Every kid could master mathematics if they had Dr. James Tanton (@jamestanton) as their personal tutor.

We’re putting him in a box and delivering him to every child.

Watching kids use our demo, I had a crazy thought: “this is the best way in the world to learn binary numbering.”

The Tutor has captured Dr. Tanton at his best, then exceeded that by learning from hundreds of students.

Not even Elon could buy better for his kids.

“But is it really AI?”

We agree with Steve Jobs: start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.

Look how engaged the kids are. Watch them thinking.

That's what matters.

This demo is just a taste of what’s to come.

Follow us or sign up for the waitlist to keep up. We’ll be releasing more demos throughout the summer and fall.

We'd love to hear your feedback.

synthesis.com/tutor

We are looking for smart, energetic, humble people to join our team.

If you have the desire (and the skills) to work on something with the power to advance human civilization, reach out.

synthesis.com/careers