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  • Ban calculators moment.

    In my master's they gave me anything I wanted, laptop, internet, whatever. Gave 2 stupid hard problems.

    That's the future.

    by whatsThisBtn4
  • and I suppose the rest of us will have to wait until the grim laws of finance do their work before our own sweet release.
    by somewhereoutth
  • Speaking of moratoriums, they also banned phone use. I am curious how that is going. No AI seems like it could be reasonable.
    by amazingamazing
  • Related:

    New York City Bans A.I. in Elementary and Middle Schools

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542443

    by ChrisArchitect
  • i don’t mind this at all.

    tbh im fatigued of the general public being beta testers for companies.

    by toofy
  • I use AI a lot and find it fascinating and probably the most exciting thing since discovering the web.

    I’m not sure I disagree with this.

    Schools need to figure out how to integrate it well in a way that both helps kids learn and teaches them how to use this new tool productively. I don’t think that’s been done yet. It’s not a bad idea to just keep it out until we figure it out, or there’s a risk of just slathering AI all over everything mindlessly.

    At the very least it could be a giant waste of money. Schools don’t need to be spending their often limited funds thrashing around or chasing fads.

    The ban should be lifted once educators figure out what to do with this stuff.

    by api
  • Los Angeles Public School System Bans Most AI for Students https://slashdot.org/submission/17350511/los-angeles-public-...

    The Los Angeles public school system will vastly restrict the use of AI at all grade levels, reported the NY Times and others. The news of the ban — which oddly had to be coaxed out of LAUSD employees (YouTube) at a meeting of the LAUSD School Board Generative AI Ad Hoc Committee — stunningly came as a complete surprise to both the LAUSD Board and K-12 AI usage protestors...

    by theodpHN
  • I’m sure there are really unique and great ways to utilize AI in the educational setting, however, young children should not be the Guinea pigs. Prove that certain things are beneficial, not just think they are, and then implement with oversight. People need to stop overthinking everything and just take one step at a time, evaluate and then take another step.
    by Aboutplants

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