"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Friday, June 19, 2026

Nipping the Bot Bud

For all the bro-paid hoopla about the inevitability of AI everywhere, there is a clear and growing movement against the insanity of turning humanity into AI’s dependent drones.  

The human agency that makes us capable of empathic understanding of our human experience, embedded as it is in world that shapes us and a world we shape, is at stake.  And more and more people are coming to realize that nipping the bot bud has to begin with children.  Thank you, Norway!!

From Reuters:

OSLO, June 19 (Reuters) - Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning, the country's prime minister said on Friday.
Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from schools and has ​given teachers back more powers to enforce discipline in the ​classroom. . . .

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