Andrew Radev1d ago
Oh no, the AI rollout would have totally worked so well if it wasn't for those Damn Kids sabotaging it. They do it out of fear, you see, because the AI companies' random text generators are so good at, like, jobs and such.
Show threadAndrew Radev

Seems like there's a concentrated push to find someone, anyone, to blame for the complete flop of AI: https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/and-i-would-have-gotten-away-with-it-too-if-it-werent-for-those-pesky-kids/

> [...] companies are responding to this failed revolution (that is, to the lack of interest, lack of demand) by ramming the "AI" down our throats whether we like it or not. Students didn't want to use Khanmigo, the Chalkbeat article explains. So "now Khanmigo is incorporated directly as a way students can get advice as they’re working through specific problems. A spokesperson said the organization made this change because 'students were not seeking out Khanmigo’s help as much as we had hoped.'" Don't want it? Too bad. It's part of the curricular infrastructure now, suckers.

And I Would Have Gotten Away With It Too If It Weren't For Those Pesky Kids

I realize that you just received an email from me yesterday, and that it's far too soon for more Audrey in your inbox, but I'd feel a bit negligent if I didn't send out my weekly round-up of ed-tech (sigh, "AI") news. Mostly, I need to draw your attention to

Second Breakfast
Apr 11 at 10:41amWeb
Show threadDrYak23h ago
@AndrewRadev Yes, exactly : As if AI needed any active intervention, be it by GenZers or anyone else, to sabotage itself...
Show threadThe Frog23h ago

@AndrewRadev

Students A: I'm going to university to develop a high level of expertise because I LOVE this subject.
Student B: I don't necessarily love this subject, but the expertise is invaluable in a competitive job market.
Professor: Welcome to University, the place where you develop your thinking skills.

AI peddlers: Hey, we got this tool that can do your assignments for you, much better than you in fact. And will also take your job after, so you'll be unemployed when you graduate anyway.

Show threadDogiedog6422h ago

@AndrewRadev

Rapist technology.

Show threadEpic Null22h ago
@AndrewRadev Maybe we could help by learning to make extremely inefficient requests? If AI companies are adding their software forcefully and unhelpfully into shit, perhaps it would be appropriate to know how to make that an expensive mistake?
Show threadfuzzyfuzzyfungus21h ago
@AndrewRadev There's something repulsive, but morbidly fascinating, about how ed-tech is sort of a mirror-mirror version of social media. In both cases the UX is garbage because the user isn't the real customer, and in both cases there's an awfully fine line between 'business model' and 'large and ill-designed experiment on children that would give an IRB cold feet had you asked one, not that you did'.