Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- What happens to education when every student carries an "Einstein in the pocket"?

Throwing up this provocative question, the guru of artificial intelligence (AI), Professor Raj Reddy, said, "AI is not just a tool, but a constant intellectual companion, reshaping what we teach, how we teach and even why we teach."

"The current dogma," he said, "is that AI will change education as we know it. There won't be a need for professors. There won't be a need for teachers. There won't be a need for classrooms."

But Prof Reddy, from Carnegie Mellon University, added, "I do not believe classrooms will vanish overnight." He admitted that change is inevitable. The real question, he argued, is how institutions prepare for that t...