Mastodawn

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.

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Andrew Radev 1d ago

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

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fuzzyfuzzyfungus

@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'.