Bring back Blue Books.
I’d really like to see AI used to take charge of traffic control in the US as it is really poorly operated now.
While there might be some benefits, it is hard to get around the fact that many students are outsourcing their thinking and writing skills to these AI tools.
If an employer asked: “What value do you add?”, most would be hard pressed to answer it. Or might consult AI for an answer.
The AI revolution is very similar to the Internet start. Lots of high hopes , exaggerations and failed starts. Once we have machines that are capable of making copies of themselves the sky itself is no longer the limit.
The AI that I have seen has a high rate of blatant factual errors, hullucinations, when the facts are readily available. Eg where a city is located geographically.
So how can a person “learn facts” .. or logic based on facts, from AI in 2025. Will it improve in 2026? I see no pressure on google/chrome to improve the high rate of factual errors in its AI.
Calculators crippled the learning of math
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And just when you're wondering what they could do next to further ruin education, thinking it wasn't possible they prove you wrong.