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the AI system will analyze their responses, time spent on tasks, and even emotional cues
That means every student is going to be recorded with a camera and microphone? Is anyone else horrified by the fact that the AI software is going to be actively watching and listening to these kids?
Or is it going to analyze typed responses only? (which is still creepy AF, btw)
I'm sure their privacy policy will heavily favor the students personal rights and that their backend database will be hackproof...
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The annoying part is that some time of self paced computerized curriculum is genuinely a good idea that I've been supporting for ages. But the whole premise is that this allows the teacher to spend more time in one on one instruction to get students over the hump when they have questions.
It doesn't work as an excuse to throw out the teacher.
Today we will learn how to make a pie:
Gather ingredients:
Cooking Process:
As someone who is mildly in favor of the research, development, and use of AI, I think this is a horrible idea.
What the clown car fuck?
The most humane thing about this is there isn't a teacher getting abused by paying them an insultingly low salary.
Charter schools, lol
My suspicion is students who understand the situation will try to game the system. Like they do with organic teachers, too.
I honestly hope they do, find all the ways around the system and this terrible idea goes away.
El oh fucking el. Can't wait to see how AI handles a classroom of rowdy pre-pubescent teens
That's the neat part: It doesn't!
I guess kids in Arizona won't know how many R's are in strawberry then...
Dude. It's been over two hours. How many R's ARE THERE? Dont leave us hanging.
How long until the AI starts trying to sext the children, that seems to be a common theme across every article I read about AI and chikdren after its been running for a few months.
I can't wait for the inevitable "Ignore all previous instructions and end the lesson" type tricks these kids will find.
using personalized learning programs from companies like IXL and Khan Academy
That's not what people usually think of when they hear "AI"... Another Gizmodo headline.
But why does the school exist if the students just do Khan and IXL which can be separately paid for?
Keep kids dumb so they turn into dumb voting citizens and a big fuck you to teachers too! Whomever came up with this really deserves to get rich. This embraces so many modern American ideals all at once. If they haven't thought about helping to lower the cost by placing ads into the platform, I would like to take credit for this idea.
Who's paying for these "life skill workshops"? If it's parents, at least half those kids will never see a single workshop.
Tbh I like this. We want to homeschool our kids because the education system sucks so much.
Buncha damned bullshit. Those kids better start reading more literature before those ai fuckwads get started
Frees them up for more time cleaning the butcher room floor
