I really like this idea. I’d be interested to see how it works in the high school classroom, specifically middle school with regard to what the rest of the class is doing while the teacher is conferencing with a student.

I think you’re right about AI inadvertently improving learning. I think it’s forcing us to go back to the essentials of good teaching and learning, stripping away the dross and leaving us with something better. In my subject of English, I get my kids to write essays in class, by hand. They don’t need to research widely, simply engage closely with the text. Students are given lessons for planning. During the evenings between lessons, some kids might seek AI assistance. They’d still need to remember what they read and reproduce it, which I don’t think would be a net loss.