SFU Professor develops AI classroom sidekick

SFU Professor develops AI classroom sidekick

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Some students at Simon Fraser University are in for a bit of a different learning experience this fall. One professor will have a little help teaching alongside a live, fully expressive artificial intelligence sidekick. Joe Sadowski reports.

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