AI as TA: Teaching With AI in Intro to Machine Learning

Shen Shen, the lecturer who teaches MIT's introductory machine learning subject, reports on what happened when an AI teaching assistant was put inside her own live course, as part of MIT's January 2026 day-long conference on AI in education. It is an instructor-of-record account rather than a vendor demonstration or a futurist panel, so you hear what was actually built, how students used it, and what the teacher noticed going wrong. Watch it before you agree to pilot an AI tutor in your own course, because it will tell you which questions to ask first.

Task

Teaching & course design

Time

60 min

Level

intermediate

Cost

Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.

Tools

None in particular

Published

2026-01