4 Ways AI Can Help You Be a Better Student

Let’s face it, we’re all using AI in some way or shape these days. Whether we use it to answer simple questions we want to know the answer to, or we watch TikToks with AI-generated subtitles, it’s everywhere in our lives. As students, you can utilize AI more than just doomscrolling through videos or trying to get it to write your term paper (not advised). Here are 4 easy ways you can use AI to help you be a better student without breaking any honor codes or policies at your college or university.

Video to Text Transcription for Note-Taking

Note-taking during a lecture can be tough. Do you focus on taking impeccable notes, but potentially miss out on understanding fully what the professor is saying in the moment? Or do you pay attention, jotting things down here and there that seem like they’ll come up later on the exam?

With HappyScribe’s video to text generator you simply record the lecture and run it through to have a line-by-line readout of the class. Now, you can finish your notes later without having to skip around an hour-long video, replaying parts of it over again endlessly.

An old, yet still relevant study, found that if a student wrote something down in their notes, they on average had a 34% chance of remembering it. Seems low until you hear that the alternative is a 5% chance if you don’t take any notes at all. Record your lessons, convert the video to text, and take impeccable notes while still paying attention in class.

Personalized Learning and Tutoring

One of the most powerful ways AI can help students out is by offering custom-tailored lessons and exercises. If you’re having trouble with a topic and feel that you need more practice, you can look up pre-made exercises online, but some sites charge you for those, or there simply aren’t a lot of exercises out there.

LLMs and AI give us the ability to create new lessons on the fly, tailored to our needs. Obviously, for more complex topics, it may have a hard time, but for undergrad and even some graduate work, you should be able to create tasks that it or your professor can check and provide feedback.

Complex math equations, statistical analysis, coding problems, etc., are all great subjects for AI to help out with. Since most LLMs work in multiple languages, you can also use it to help you pass that second language requirement course or your passionate Russian language studies minor.

Helping with Time Management

Time management is an absolute burden for students at university. It doesn’t help that our attention spans have essentially been shortened to a grain of rice thanks to social media, either. If you have a long list of tasks ahead of you, look to AI-driven time management tools like Motion or Notion AI.

Programs like those can help you prioritize tasks based on your deadline, study habits, energy levels, and extracurricular activities. Some of these tools even have built-in features that can detect if you’re falling behind (too much time on TikTok, perhaps?) and help you get back on track.

Over time, you might even find that you don’t need an AI-powered virtual planner to keep you on track. You’ll pick up some habits, put down the phone more, and find yourself walking to class instead of running.

Explaining Complex Topics in Simpler Terms

Dumbing things down isn’t always easy, especially when it comes to complex topics like statistical analysis or how economic policy can affect the global soy market, but AI can help. AI and LLMs have a knack for taking complex topics and making them easier to understand.

Have you noticed that when you Google something these days, there’s an AI-powered suggestion as the first result? It’s often inaccurate, as you might be aware, but there are other models that have a higher accuracy rate and can provide sources for further research. Just prompt your favorite AI to answer with the degree of simplicity you’re looking for. If it sounds too dumbed down, tone it up and have it treat you like the intellectual you are.

Don’t just take their word for it, though; use those provided sources. Read through them, and if you get stumped again, go back to the AI and ask it to rephrase or help you understand that part of the text. It can also be a secretly good way to find sources for your research paper without digging through LexisNexis or another research paper cataloger.

In short, AI is a powerful tool, but don’t expect it to do all of your schoolwork for you. Use it to help you take notes, set your schedule, create personalized exercises, and make complex topics easier to understand. Stop cheating yourself, and you’ll find that there’s no limit to what you can do.

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