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> "to develop Al tools that can help assess classroom interaction quality". This..feels like a worthy goal. Does it though? Do you really want everything, incl
by Eddy_Viscosity2 5mo ago
> "to develop Al tools that can help assess classroom interaction quality". This..feels like a worthy goal.
Does it though? Do you really want everything, including caring for young children, to be quantified into metrics assessed by a computer?
- pj_mukh 5mo agoWe don’t have to make that number a goal. Contrary to popular pessimistic thought, not everything we measure becomes a goal. Most things we measure are actually ignored. I think to pre-emptively disregard research like this because “well it could be misused” is folly
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5mo agoThings that can be measured easily are often transformed into goals. Hence standardized test scores for measuring education, and number of papers published to measuring a researcher's performance. AI makes it even easier while simultaneously removing accountability to the managers using it. And there will always be managers who will use such tools. Couple this with AI vendors and their cash piles lobbying every public and private institutions like crazy and the foreseeable is easy to foresee.