[Hadjimina]

The personal relationship is a tricky bit and definitely plays a huge role in tutoring. There are already AI apps out there that try to mimic a human like relationship (e.g. https://replika.com/) but it's unclear how/if this type of relationship also works for tutoring.

[emursebrian]

Last year, I traveled to Colombia and spent a couple of weeks there. To brush up on my Spanish before the trip, I hired a tutor that lived near where I was staying. Besides being tutored, I was able to get suggestions on getting around, places to sight-see, where to get the best street food, places to avoid a night, etc.

Sure, an AI could provide some of that but it is only going to be as comprehensive as the set of data it was trained on or what it could look up online. My tutor even offered to show me around when I was visiting. An AI will not be able to replicate that.