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What the teachers really are saying is that they're afraid the AI tools are coming for their jobs, and so the teachers will say anything at all to delay the ine
by OutOfHere 2y ago
What the teachers really are saying is that they're afraid the AI tools are coming for their jobs, and so the teachers will say anything at all to delay the inevitable.
Around here the school budgets are absolutely massive (in the hundreds of millions of dollars for a village), and if I were getting such free money, I would say anything to keep it flowing.
- prawn 2y agoA solid group were unsure. Just reading Hacker News will show you that there are significant numbers here very enthusiastic about AI and others (probably with overlap) very concerned about where it's going. Just read any Sam Altman thread. I'd guess that most teachers would welcome AI augmenting their teaching. They're already doing more than they were 1-2 decades ago in terms of dealing with parents and reporting on curriculum (e.g., Seesaw app), at least where I live. AI isn't going to take jobs in childcare, kindergarten and early primary schools any time soon. I also don't think it would do more than augment teaching in the rest of primary school or high school. Teachers would jump on an AI that helped them summarise daily and weekly activities for broadcast to parents. That must be such a grind doing it now.