Seems premature but then again humans are always a bit skiddish around change

Still, not shocking that the DSA stronghold that elected someone like Mamdani is going to be passionate against AI.

Will be interesting to watch outcomes diverge over the next few years. If you’re gonna ban stuff, do it at local levels like this so we can see differences play out across many locations/districts.

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lkey 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

They will be teaching AI in high school. This ban is only for the lower grades.

Even when they teach it, screen time will be limited to 45 minutes per week.

It's not about 'passion against AI', it's a year waiting period. There isn't much evidence that AI improves student outcomes, and there's more cases showing harm, so the responsible approach is to wait for more information.

Also, they've banned phone use for quite a while now, which I think most people agree is correct in a learning env.

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oldsklgdfth 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You bring up politics when this topic is about technology adoption in education.

Grew up in Greece and was shocked that calculators are used in high school math.

An interesting note: "And teachers will not be able to ask A.I. to grade assignments." This prevents teachers from using it as well, which is an interesting angle.

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UtopiaPunk 3 days ago | parent [-]

How is technology adoption in education not political?

	▲	oldsklgdfth 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It can become political, like anything else. But isn't inherently. It does not attempt to answer some political or ideological question. The question is "do you want to teach the tool and its use or do you want to teach thinking manually". The west is under the impression that if you don't teach the tool then people will be unemployable.

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eqvinox 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> humans are always a bit skiddish around change

skittish

"skiddish" isn't a word, the only thing I can think of is leaving a 'skid mark' in one's underwear...