Al won't replace magic of teachers but it can ease burnout: Ben Gomes

Senior Google official envisions Al playing a role similar to search engines

- BY ASHWANI KUMAR

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not here to replace teachers, but to give them back their most precious resource: time, says Ben Gomes, Chief Technologist for Learning and Sustainability at Google.

At the two-day World Schools Summit 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Gomes outlined a vision of classrooms where AI acts as a true assistant, amplifying educators' impact rather than diminishing it.

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“Imagine an AI that acts as a true teaching assistant, helping overburdened educators draft lesson plans, differentiate instruction, and create new activities,” Gomes told Gulf News on the sidelines of the Summit.