Kids aren't being taught how to read, use a computer, or math. Now they're not going to be taught at all through grades 4-8? I imagine if the parents are involved, it may do something, but what about kids with working parents? Whose going to make sure they're actually retaining information? It's kind of fucked up that they'll be reintroduced into the "normal" system, and possibly be severely behind kids who had to go to class everyday.
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024
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It's just online school. If you don't answer the questions you can't go to the next sections. If you don't progress you wouldn't pass. If you don't pass school you get held back.. Parents who work wouldn't sign their kids up for online school as they would get arrested for leaving their kids home alone. Some kids do well in it, a lot don't. The kids that do well in it will get ahead quickly. Likely could finish a year early for those 4 years. Is that good? Debatable.. but these things existed before this "slap the name AI on it" craze started. I knew some kids that were doing it in 2018 because hurricane Michael destroyed their school. And then many switched to it when covid started. Nothing really sounds any different here other than the AI being labeled on it.
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.
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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.
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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?
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El oh fucking el. Can't wait to see how AI handles a classroom of rowdy pre-pubescent teens
They are individuals sitting in their house. So if they get rowdy their parents deal with their kids. Kids in these grades legally can't be left home alone in most states either. So it's just stay at home parents who don't want their kids to go to public school or have to drive them to a private school, or doing any work to homeschool them.
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That's the neat part: It doesn't!
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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.
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.
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Who's paying for these "life skill workshops"? If it's parents, at least half those kids will never see a single workshop.
Frees them up for more time cleaning the butcher room floor
Buncha damned bullshit. Those kids better start reading more literature before those ai fuckwads get started