The ₹38 Course: Why AI-Generated Learning Costs Almost Nothing — and Why That Changes Everything
The economics of AI-generated personalised courses versus human-produced content — what the marginal cost difference means for access and scale in India.
What you’ll take away from this post
- Human-produced course content costs $5k–$100k per finished hour; AI-generated ~₹38–58
- The marginal cost drop makes personalised learning economically viable at every income level
- This isn't about replacing teachers — it's filling the massive unmet demand they can't serve
- India has 100M+ people who need skills retraining — traditional production can't scale
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