Additionally, he admits there’s a lot more work to do.

“The biggest problem with the technology is that it is often wrong, and when it is wrong, it is confidently wrong. And that is something that is not good in education,” Chadda said, according to the outlet.

Still, he says it is receiving interest from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, but pushback from Apple.

According to NBC News, the company requested Historical Figures remove the late Steve Jobs from the app.

What’s more, Jobs had previously spoken about the idea of an app based on Aristotle in 1985.

“My hope is someday — when the next Aristotle is alive — we can capture the underlying world view of that Aristotle in a computer and someday, some student…will be able to ask Aristotle a question and get an answer,” Jobs said, NBC News reports.

As of Jan. 25, users were posing around 4,000-5,000 questions every 15 minutes, Chadda shared. And it’s only available on Apple devices.

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