Question 1

How can educators use AI clones to scale their teaching?

Accepted Answer

_Creating an AI version of yourself to teach online courses at scale._

> I created the Lutz-Clone, an AI version of myself designed to teach my online certificate about AI with eCornell. This clone looks like me, but more importantly, it contains my knowledge and teaching style.

Source: [AI In Education — Up-level Your Teaching With AI By Cloning Yourself](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/ai-in-educationup-level-your-teaching-with-ai-by-cloning-yourself/)

Question 2

How is AI changing education?

Accepted Answer

_What AI does for and to students, teachers, and curricula._

> AI agents will transform every industry — and one industry I know well is education. So, how will AI agents change how we teach and learn? To explore this question, I created the Lutz-Clone, an AI version of myself designed to teach my online certificate about AI with eCornell.

— [AI In Education — Up-level Your Teaching With AI By Cloning Yourself](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/ai-in-educationup-level-your-teaching-with-ai-by-cloning-yourself/) · _Forbes_

Question 3

What does the eCornell AI certificate cover?

Accepted Answer

_The five-course program structure._

> While AI can enhance scalability, human involvement remains essential. What do students in my eCornell certificate tell me after the course? AI is great at summarization and coding. An AI can help being a dynamic checklist and memory.

— [Overhyped: Manus From Monica — AI Made In China](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/10/overhyped-manus-from-monicaai-made-in-china/) · _Forbes_

Question 4

What is the book Ask, Measure, Learn about?

Accepted Answer

_Topics covered in the O'Reilly book._

> **Publisher:** O'Reilly Media **Published:** Feb 1, 2014

— [Ask Measure Learn](https://www.lutzfinger.com/book/) · _Book — Ask, Measure, Learn_

Question 5

Why does Cornell use an AI Teaching Assistant?

Accepted Answer

_What an AI TA actually does in a Cornell course._

> The challenge is clear: educational institutions must equip both students and educators with the tools and skills to harness AI effectively. In my course, students now use AI co-pilots to analyze data, build machine learning models, discuss business strategies, and explore ethical challenges. Many students were hesitant at first, sticking to manual methods. But with training on prompting and understanding AI behavior, they became…