alexsouthmayd

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   by alexsouthmayd 3mo ago

   Thanks! I think people are rightfully skeptical about EdTech and AI -- esp. with kids. But we also need to try to innovate in this space, and I believe (from my experience as a teacher as well as my experience seeing students learn on Bloom
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   by alexsouthmayd 3mo ago

   A few things: First, every BloomyBot response streams through an inline safety classification, and then an independent second-pass audit sweeps every stored message — a deterministic rule layer merged with a separate LLM classifier, taking
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   by alexsouthmayd 3mo ago

   This is a very interesting point I've heard from one other very smart person in this space. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.
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   by alexsouthmayd 3mo ago

   Ha, free recess all day sounds nice :) The more accurate way to describe these situations is overwhelmed teachers with overflowing classrooms where students are left to their own (rather than schools fully absent of an adult). Recommended B
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   by alexsouthmayd 3mo ago

   I appreciate your honesty! I agree that having a talented human teacher for every student would be ideal. Many of our schools just don't have the teacher headcount to deliver meaningful instruction to their students. Some schools (one
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   Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) – AI-powered mastery learning for K-12

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