David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)1d ago
Baldur Bjarnason

“Artificial intelligence is the opposite of education”

https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-is-the-opposite

> But what if there isn’t a middle of this road? What if the project of ‘artificial intelligence’ is not a road to new kinds of education - not even a slow and bumpy one – but the reversal of everything education stands for?

Artificial intelligence is the opposite of education

Or: what if there is no middle ground?

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Show threadBaldur Bjarnason1d ago

Via:

“Into the Breach”

https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/into-the-breach/

Into the Breach

There's been plenty of ink spilled in the last week in response to The New York Times's story on NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and his college application to Columbia University, in which he ticked both the boxes for "Asian" and "Black or African American" when asked to identify his

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Show threadCraig Duncan1d ago
@baldur

It's not needed in education; adults can make their own mind up without finding a middle. Listening to AI companies on this issue is a bit like asking a tobacco seller if people should smoke.