A Robot teaches philosophy at the US military academy.

BINA48 is the first android with artificial intelligence to graduate from college and become a university teacher himself.‌‌

Bina48 became the first robot to co-teach a university class when she helped lead a course at West Point, the U.S. Military academy, according to Axios. 

The humanoid AI taught two sessions of a philosophy course, with topics ranging from ethics, just war theory and use of artificial intelligence in society, which is pretty meta.

William Barry, who has been using Bina48 to teach for several years, decided to put the robot in front of students in the classroom to see if she could 'support a liberal education model.'There were about 100 students in Bina48's class. Before classes began, she prepped by downloading data about philosophy course material, as well as Barry's lesson plan. 

Barry referred to this material as 'mind files.' 'We asked not to hook her on the internet...because she can easily run to Wikipedia or the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,' Barry told Axios. 'We want to run her just on the algorithm.' She's able to recall information from background knowledge to deliver the lecture, as well as immediately answer questions asked by students. 

In having Bina48 teach the class, they hoped to better understand how AI can be used in the classroom and how it effects students' comprehension, as well as their interest in the material in front of them.     

'Before the class, they thought it might be too gimmicky or be entertainment,' Barry told Axios.'They were blown away because she was able to answer questions and reply with nuance.'The interesting part was that [the cadets] were taking notes,' he added. However, despite the students' welcome reception of the bot, they ultimately decided not to have Bina48 stay on as professor.Bina48 had trouble staying on pace with the class, potentially making her more suited for countries with low literacy rates, Barry said, according to Axios.