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Priya N G
Priya N G

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Why Our "AI" Tutor Was Six If Statements and a Fake Delay

(https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/69f3ba36-632d-4c74-b8c3-dc7402fe8a0a) Building an AI Tutor: Key Learning

As part of our project Nebula Study Spark, we developed a student-focused learning platform using React and TypeScript with features like quizzes, mistake tracking, and a chat-based tutor.

During development, we discovered that our “AI Tutor” was not truly intelligent—it was driven by rule-based logic and predefined responses.

This highlighted an important insight:
There’s a clear difference between systems that simulate intelligence and those that actually learn and adapt.

Key Takeaway:
Building impactful AI solutions requires real adaptability and personalization, not just functional design.

Next step: Integrating real AI/ML models to make the system truly adaptive.

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