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If you hypothesize a future where AI is substantially helpful for education, it’s a fair question to ask how to divide the surplus created. Some will go to the
by sokoloff 4y ago
If you hypothesize a future where AI is substantially helpful for education, it’s a fair question to ask how to divide the surplus created.
Some will go to the AI companies who created the value. Some towns will take the surplus and spend it on even better educational outcomes. Others may spend it on other town needs. Others may refund it to the town citizens in lower (or slower-growing) taxes. It’s not at all obvious that it should all go to teachers.
- mlyle 4y agoI don't think anyone is suggesting to allocate all of any hypothetical surplus to teacher pay. We're spending so much more on education than the past. Teacher pay has fallen further behind other professions, and working conditions have gotten substantially worse, overall. Expecting tech to be a panacea and get us out of this mess is unrealistic. And there's a reasonable fear that promises of tech may be a justification to make the mess even worse.