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I'm not the biggest fan of AI for everything but you couldn't create something more of a dagger to the heart of the current education system. If you are in the

I'm not the biggest fan of AI for everything but you couldn't create something more of a dagger to the heart of the current education system. If you are in the U.S., carefully watch for the D party to turn on AI in their messaging and you'll be witness to the strong influence that teachers unions have on them. Disagree me all you want, but keep your eyes open, I guarantee you'll see it soon.

sfpotter 1y ago
Interesting thought but my impression is that the democrats are much more beholden to other forces at play in the school system. I have friends who are teachers in the public school system, have been active in the union, and are indeed against AI in the classroom (although they're hardly rabid or unreasonable about it). On the other hand, the school administrators and IT departments are much more aggressive about pushing AI on them and pressing them to work it into the classroom somehow. Considering that the democrats are largely captured by corporate interest, and considering that tech/AI is one of the biggest corporate interests there is right now... I just don't see things playing out the way you predict.
- KevinMS 1y ago
  the administrators and IT departments are not in the teachers unions.
  - sfpotter 1y ago
    Yes... exactly my point.
    - KevinMS 1y ago
      and the teachers unions have vastly more power than those guys
      - sfpotter 1y ago
        Hey, I'm sorry, but such a blanket statement is pretty weak on its own. I'm interested in your perspective. Can you provide some concrete details that support your point? Because the people I know feel like AI in the classroom is inevitable and that they don't have much power in the face of the authority that wants to impose it on them, which would seem to contradict what you're saying.
thinkingtoilet 1y ago
Every teacher I talked to has said the influence of AI has been negative. Why wouldn't they fight to remove it from the classroom?
- KevinMS 1y ago
  They are talking about cheating with it, not replacing teaching with it.

sfpotter 1y ago

Interesting thought but my impression is that the democrats are much more beholden to other forces at play in the school system. I have friends who are teachers in the public school system, have been active in the union, and are indeed against AI in the classroom (although they're hardly rabid or unreasonable about it). On the other hand, the school administrators and IT departments are much more aggressive about pushing AI on them and pressing them to work it into the classroom somehow. Considering that the democrats are largely captured by corporate interest, and considering that tech/AI is one of the biggest corporate interests there is right now... I just don't see things playing out the way you predict.

KevinMS 1y ago
the administrators and IT departments are not in the teachers unions.
- sfpotter 1y ago
  Yes... exactly my point.
  - KevinMS 1y ago
    and the teachers unions have vastly more power than those guys
    - sfpotter 1y ago
      Hey, I'm sorry, but such a blanket statement is pretty weak on its own. I'm interested in your perspective. Can you provide some concrete details that support your point? Because the people I know feel like AI in the classroom is inevitable and that they don't have much power in the face of the authority that wants to impose it on them, which would seem to contradict what you're saying.

thinkingtoilet 1y ago

Every teacher I talked to has said the influence of AI has been negative. Why wouldn't they fight to remove it from the classroom?

KevinMS 1y ago
They are talking about cheating with it, not replacing teaching with it.