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I'm sure an AI babysitter won't be immediately and utterly broken and bypassed by every single kid in these "classes".
(Seriously: we're talking about 8-12 year olds here and the absolutely are smart enough and incentivized to break the ever-loving crap out of this stupid idea.)
At that age I figured out that I could bypass the policy restrictions on my computer by unplugging the Ethernet cable right after login. Gave me full local admin.
A year or so prior to that I figured out that if you viewed IE's temporary internet files and just backspaced your way up, you can access the otherwise restricted C:, where I found other kids had already installed games onto.
No way this works for a full school year.
I’m old so things were easier but I remember in my middle school days I figured out you could bypass the schools content filter by using babelfish to translate the page from English to English in like 1998. Somehow accidentally stumbled across the concept of a proxy
A year or so prior to that I figured out that if you viewed IE's temporary internet files and just backspaced your way up, you can access the otherwise restricted C:\
Public library Halo classic… good old days
Library software today can be wayyyyy better and lock down all the old tricks. Gotta count on the kids to keep cat ‘n’ mousing for their generation.
Problem is that yes they will probably do that and get away with it and a bunch of kids get to have a bunch of fun .... learn very little other than how to cheat and get by and they get a passing grade and go through school learning nothing.
Honestly that seems like its going to be a valuable set of skills to develop.
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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.
As students work through lessons on subjects like math, reading, and science, the AI system will analyze their responses, time spent on tasks, and even emotional cues to optimize the difficulty and presentation of content
This will be a nightmare for any neuro-divergent students, or really any student with atypical learning needs.
Atypical kids being left behind is a feature, not a bug. There's a shocking amount of parents even in the year of our Lord 2024 who think we're "too much" of a drain on schooling.
lol those kids are fucked
yeah but the white ones will be able to vote
“Time for home economics! Today we learn to make pizza. Be sure to use plenty of glue on the dough so the cheese doesn’t slide off!”
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...
As someone who is mildly in favor of the research, development, and use of AI, I think this is a horrible idea.
This is some serious bullshit. I don't have the time or energy to say more right now.
And by "AI" they'll just have the kids solve captchas for 2 hours.
"Which one of these pictures is Jesus?" with pictures of:
Bacon
Swastika
AR15
Trump
Online charter schools are horrifying. There is no expectation that the teacher know or understand the material they are teaching your child. High school is basically working through an online work book by yourself. Teachers use AI to “look up” answers they don’t know yourself.
It’s hell.
Why the fuck are we so accepting of everybody trying to replace real people with AI. The answer is money, obviously, but holy shit.
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?
My suspicion is students who understand the situation will try to game the system. Like they do with organic teachers, too.
I can't wait for the generation who believes that the War of 1812 was won by the French.
Today we will learn how to make a pie:
Gather ingredients:
Cooking Process:
Thank you for this delicious recipe! My great aunt used to make this all the time for our ritual house painting and it always brought joy to the children. Try adding cinnamon or thumbtacks to the pie for extra zing! God bless!!
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.
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.
I don't get the panic. It worked great for 50% of Venture brothers.
Frees them up for more time cleaning the butcher room floor
This is insanity, humanity is slowly losing its mind. They want AI for everything.
Can't wait to watch our own federal government cannibalize itself to the detriment of hundreds of millions of people. Good stuff.
Because I can't imagine how that could go wrong at all. /s
Khan Academy was pretty good last time I used it, so I guess it's better than a no-name AI company.
Who's paying for these "life skill workshops"? If it's parents, at least half those kids will never see a single workshop.
"This ensures that each student is consistently challenged".
They will be challenged alright.
From what I’ve heard, they were basically allowing anything with a pulse to teach in AZ, so who knows, being taught by an occasionally hallucinating wiki engine might be an improvement over the wife of some national guard dude.
