> Just to get this straight: are you the kind of person to give your 1st grader a calculator

I think banning smartphone/computer use before 3rd grade in the classroom sounds like a good idea.

Math is incredibly useful. I think the biggest problem with math is that people don't understand how to apply it, it's not that applications are hard to find. AI actually explains how to apply it very directly. I can never remember how to calculate compound interest, an AI can do it instantly.

Mamdani's banning teachers from using AI to grade assignments.

> So... talking about future capabilities.

No, I'm talking about current capabilities. The studies that prove that current AI is better at grading assignments than humans will take at least a year, if not several.

The question is if we change what assignments teachers give, or if we accept that grading is a task best done by computers. If we change the assignments that teachers give, I don't know what that looks like. Regardless, there's going to be a lot of experimentation going on. Banning AI doesn't help.