I remember how the way kids fell behind during the brief push for remote learning during the first year of Covid has been used as a cudgel by a lot of the same people glomping onto AI to claim those temporary precautions went TOO FAR, even as they saved numerous lives
@scalzi.com"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.