A new app can give you the answers to your math homework and even explain how to solve it just by taking a picture.
Called Socratic, the free app uses artificial intelligence to determine what information you need, and returns ‘explainers’ and videos to give you step-by-step help.
The firm says it’s like having a ‘digital tutor in your pocket,’ generating answers from a community of teachers and students.
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A new app can give you the answers to your math homework and even explain how to solve it just by taking a picture. Called Socratic , the free app uses artificial intelligence to determine what information you need
Socratic doesn’t just work with math.
The tutor app can also help with questions in science, history, English, economics.
According to the developers, it’s trained on millions of questions, allowing it to identify the relevant concept.
‘Socratic’s AI combines cutting-edge computer vision technologies, which read questions from images, with machine learning classifiers built using millions of sample homework questions, to accurately predict which concepts will help you solve your question,’ the firm explains.
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A video demonstrating its capabilities shows just how fast it can work, pulling up a solution and explanation for a simple ‘solve for y’ math problem in just moments.
The app focuses on maintaining ‘jargon-free’ content to make it easier for students to understand what’s going on.
As the video shows, the solutions are shown with a clear breakdown of each step.
It also shows color-coded instructions and graphs to help get the information across, along with videos from Khan Academy, Crash Course, and other sources.
And, math is just the latest in its many capabilities.
‘Socratic’s AI combines cutting-edge computer vision technologies, which read questions from images, with machine learning classifiers built using millions of sample homework questions, to accurately predict which concepts will help you solve your question,’ they say
TAKE THE TEST BELOW AND SCAN THE QUESTIONS WITH SOCRATIC
MATH
(4x3 + 8x2 - 10x) + (12x3 - 2x2 + 3x + 9)
25 + x = −5(2 + 8x) + 6x
What is 30% of 400?
9x + 12 > 4x + 7
What is the area of a circle with a radius of 12?
SCIENCE
What is the monomer that makes up proteins?
A balloon has a volume of 2.9 L at 320 Kelvin. If the temperature is raised to 343 K, what will its volume be?
Explain the greenhouse effect and the consequences of climate change.
How much heat is given off when 1.25 grams of silver is cooled from 100.0 C to 80.0 C? (The specific heat of silver is 0.057 cal/g C)
If the sequence of bases in a section of DNA is TAGGCTAA, what is the corresponding sequence of bases in mRNA?
HUMANITIES
Why was 1968 a year of turmoil in US history?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What was the main consequence of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What is federalism?
What was one purpose of the Marshall Plan of 1948?
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Students can also ask it questions from other areas, taking a picture of something like ‘what is mitosis’ or ‘explain how a transgenic plant differs from a hybrid plant’ to pull up an explanation or definition.
Socratic so far supports 23 different subjects, including Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Psychology, English grammar, and History.
But, the team has big plans for the future.
A page of ‘future subjects’ on their site reveals Socratic could soon expand to cover everything from Music Theory to Robotics, calling on people to become a founder ‘to help grow and launch these subjects.’
The app is available for iOS devices for free on the App Store, and the firm says it is ‘a lifesaver.'
Students can also ask it questions from other areas, taking a picture of something like ‘what is mitosis’ or ‘explain how a transgenic plant differs from a hybrid plant’ to pull up an explanation or definition
