Written and reviewed by Mahmoud Ghonemi, founder and CEO of iTutor ·
It depends on how you use it. Using AI to do your homework for you is cheating in most schools. Using AI to explain a concept, quiz yourself, or check your reasoning after attempting the problem is like having a tutor: that's learning. iTutor's Teach me mode is built for that second use, walking you through problems step by step.
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The line between cheating and learning is whether you would understand the material if the AI disappeared. Pasting a homework problem and copying the answer fails that test. Working through it while the AI prompts you with sub-questions passes it. In Teach me mode, iTutor checks what you know, asks you to try each step, and gives hints before showing the answer. Schools and universities increasingly accept AI-as-tutor; what they ban is AI-as-ghostwriter.