Educational platform Brillient has launched what it describes as the first-ever AI graphical tutor in the world, designed to develop critical thinking in children aged between five and 18.
Founder Sue Khim announced the tool in a post on X, stating that AI should make children smarter, not weaker, a concern she says drove the entire design philosophy of the product.
She described it as the first AI tutor that genuinely forces children to think rather than simply receive answers, marking a departure from conventional AI-assisted learning tools.
“AI is making children weaker. It should be making them smarter,” Sue Khim, Founder, Brillient said.
The tutor is built on the Socratic method of teaching, a centuries-old approach where students are guided through questions rather than being given direct answers.
Under this method, children are encouraged to analyse problems independently, working through each stage until they arrive at a solution entirely through their own reasoning.
Brillient says the approach develops 30 million skills in students: critical thinking, analytical ability, and structured problem-solving, which conventional AI tools typically do not foster.
The platform also argues the tool reduces student dependence on traditional AI response models, which currently provide direct answers without encouraging any independent cognitive effort.
