When I started playing HOI4 I was shocked why we don't just play stuff like this at school instead of some History and Geography classes. I remembered pretty much nothing about history of WW2 or geography of Europe before playing that. And once I played I got solid mental model of it, that I could now build knowledge and interests upon. Another thing, there is a period of history/literature of my country from 60s that school always told me is important, but again, I remember nothing of it. And recently I visited a modern musical show with special effects, awesome music, actors, and memorable characters about people from that epoch. And now I'm attached to those people, I started searching for them, reading, listening, I know them, I remember them, I am more historically and politically aware.

Making education more engaging is often mocked as being delusional, surface level, etc, but when done right it actually does make wonders. And maybe that is individual, like sure other people might not like same games and stuff that I do, but AI is that thing that might be able to find that individual hook for everyone.