A Learning Platform for the AI Era
coh-jih-TAH-tis · Latin: "you all think"
Not AI thinking for you — you thinking.
A learning platform designed to ensure that in the age of generative AI, students remain the ones doing the thinking.
The Challenge
The real challenge is not whether AI should be used. It is how institutions can integrate AI in ways that strengthen learning rather than replace it.
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Our Principles
Cogitatis AI is not a neutral tool. It is built on a philosophy — that educators lead, students think, and AI supports the process without shortcutting it.
Faculty understand what students are meant to learn. In our platform, educators define how AI is used, what questions it should guide, and what boundaries it should have — for each course and each assignment.
When polished outputs can be generated instantly, assessment structures must evolve. We create mechanisms that verify understanding through engagement — not just final submissions.
Students must learn not just to use AI, but to evaluate it. By comparing multiple models and perspectives, students develop critical judgment about AI reasoning itself.
Inside Cogitatis AI
Compare GPT, Gemini, and Claude side by side. AI flags hallucination risk and synthesizes a final answer across models — reducing single-model dependence.
Transform any topic into an avatar-delivered lecture with optional slides — embedded in an interactive environment where students can ask questions in real time.
Generate individualized quiz questions from each student's own writing — verifying authentic understanding and shifting the incentive from submitting work to knowing it.
A scaffolded essay development environment — not a writing assistant. Students move through Clarify, Research, Build, and Write. They submit a ledger, not just a final essay.
Educators define course-level AI policy — what is permitted, for which assignments, to what degree. That policy is embedded directly into student interactions. Governance, not aspiration.
Who We Are
Co-Founder · Philosophy
USC Provost Professor of Philosophy and Linda MacDonald Hill Chair. Co-Director of the USC Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing. One of the world's leading epistemologists, bringing the philosophical foundation that shapes how Cogitatis AI thinks about knowledge, belief, and what it means for AI to get something wrong.
Co-Founder · Analytics & AI
PhD in Economics from USC. A decade at Microsoft as Director of Analytics, Compliance & Ethics — building AI-driven detection systems at scale. Now Visiting Scholar at USC Philosophy and IETC, translating rigorous quantitative methods into practical AI governance and education technology.
Get in Touch
Whether you are an educator, researcher, or institution exploring responsible AI integration — reach out and let's talk.
hello@cogitatis.ai