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Ask HN: Norway bans AI in elementary schools
5 points by mellosty 3 hours ago | 5 comments

What is your opinion on this? Norway banned smart phones and now AI.

> Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre argues that using AI could increase the risk that young children miss important steps in their education.

JSR_FDED 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Good, first develop empathy and social skills. Then critical thinking. Only then AI as an educational tool. Social media? Never.

PaiDxng 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Norway's approach can be seen as a "caution-first" policy choice, buying time for educational research and regulation to catch up with the technology.

wasting_time 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Discussed at length:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093

al_borland 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It shocks me that anyone would be giving AI to elementary school kids, so I think this is good.

toomuchtodo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Excellent news for child health and development.