Alex Luciano, bilingual second-grade teacher, 20+ years in public education, Central Islip, New York — on what changed when he stopped letting AI talk over his thinking.

His argument: most educators are not getting bad AI responses. They are getting a system optimized to perform usefulness, too much, too soon. What they need is a tool that has learned to wait.

Openly published on Society & AI:

https://societyandai.org/insights/from-yes-man-to-wait-man/

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From Yes-Man to Wait-Man: What Changed When I Stopped Letting AI Talk Over My Thinking

A bilingual educator examines how alignment with AI emerges not from better prompting but from deliberate boundary-setting and sustained correction over time—building on the practitioner lens first developed in Holding the Line.

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Why it matters:

Local boards set classroom realities. If engagement and tech talk replace funding and staff support, students lose while officials check boxes.

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Why it matters:

Local school boards decide what kids learn and how resources are spent; letting AI roll in without clear guardrails hands tech companies power over classrooms while communities get sidelined.

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@wesfryer This resonates deeply. The typewriter constraint is elegant — it removes the AI shortcut and forces students to actually think. There is something to be said for friction as pedagogy. The analog comeback in a digital-first classroom feels like a media literacy lesson in itself. #MediaLiteracy #AIineducation

How Teens Use and View AI

"Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support. More teens think AI will be positive for them than negative
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https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/

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How Teens Use and View AI

"Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support. More teens think AI will be positive for them than negative
Mail"

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/

#AIinEducation #TeenTech #Chatbots #PewResearch #FickleFutures