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Ah yes, a linguist playing at being a psychologist while making a "won't anyone think of the children" argument relating to the subject matter they are themselv
by kromem 4y ago
Ah yes, a linguist playing at being a psychologist while making a "won't anyone think of the children" argument relating to the subject matter they are themselves concerned over.
Every single one of these I see infuriates me, as I know full well that we are heading towards a skill-based divide where people exposed to using these new tools TODAY will grow alongside them to be well adapted to the accelerating future, but those kept from them are going to be as generationally lost as when people missed the Internet boat and were left confused and discriminated against professionally for their ineptitude with what was an increasing necessity.
Everyone needs to get off their high minded horse about what new thing is going to corrupt the youth (a trend which over the years included chess and ballroom dancing), and recognize the world has already changed and irrespective of how they feel about it, holding others back from adapting to it is only going to cause harm.
Every educator should immediately be trying to adapt lesson plans to incorporate the tech rather than trying to ban it from the classroom. Get kids who don't have access at home access in school. Because "knowing how to talk to AI" is going to be as necessary a skill as "knowing how to search" has been, if not more. And pouting at the inevitable march of time simply isn't helpful to anything other than the pouter's ego.