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beep@beep@piefed.world
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No AI until high school: NYC mayor Mamdani imposes 1 year ban on AI for schools through 8th grade

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1377962/no-ai-until-high-school-nyc-schools-announce-major-classroom-technology-overhaul

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels today announced a moratorium on student-facing generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in schools, alongside a new screen time policy, a decision that will impact nearly 600,000 public school students, or two-thirds of the system’s total enrollment. The policy establishes a one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, on student-facing generative AI for children in 2-K through 8th grade. It also introduces twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules for high schoolers, limited AI pilots for a small number of high school classrooms and age-appropriate screen time restrictions.

www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-and-chancellor-samuels-put-students-first-with-nat
The official website of the City of New YorkMayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation’s Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools
TropicalDingdong@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social⁩

I mean you can do something’s like not allowing it’s use on campus.

I guess I’m seeing it as just a critical period of mental development as the years before. Its probably the thing that has me the most worried about the whole thing is the drop in any kind of thinking skills among the general population.

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TropicalDingdong@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social⁩

:100:

I just see no way in which the injection of AI into an already crumbling education results in anything resembling “good outcomes”.

You gotta learn to think. It takes time and effort and dedicated practice. And you need space, time and an environment for that.

As bad as this is for grown adults, it seems orders of magnitude worse for kids/ young adults.