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Peter Kessler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in chemical engineering, and now he's working on an AI invention that "stands on the brink of the educational horizon," per a press release.
It's a "quasar of transformation" that "holds the potential to set new benchmarks throughout the educational domain and heralds the advent of a new epoch of learning and evolution," says the release.
Kessler's patent pending invention, which he's calling DigitalAI, "not only pledges to equip educators in fostering intellectually enriched students who will be indispensable pillars of society, but it also is capable of fundamentally overhauling the very core of our educational system."
Specifically, it's designed "to cater to learners across all stages, with the focus on Pre-K to college students, and expressly inclusive of those with Autism Spectrum Disorder," the press release notes.
Kessler's team is made up of his wife, Denise Davis, and business partner Rainy Davis, who funded Kessler's education at Berkeley, as well as others, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Kessler says he's reached out to Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg "to delve into the possibilities of this game-changing invention," and he' Read the Entire Article
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