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Schools that ban AI outright may leave students behind because employers increasingly expect practical AI proficiency.
Take a look at this old newspaper clipping that I find from the 1980s. Isn't this just so amazing and so ironic? If you had to replace the word calculator with AI, it's exactly the conversation that people and schools and parents and teachers are having worldwide.
A lot of schools and teachers out there are saying AI must be banned.
Kids can't use it at all. They can't use it with their homework. They can't do anything with it because it's just gonna make them slow.
And I think personally a lot of the schools and teachers are just scared because they don't really understand what AI is.
First and foremost, AI is here to stay. Secondly, if you're going into the job market today and you want to keep your job, you have to be proficient in AI. I know personally when I'm interviewing new people, one of the first questions I ask them is if they are comfortable in AI and if they're willing to learn and understand it more to make it part of their job.
The second thing with regards to AI and school and kids is that AI can be so useful and it's really just amazing.
For example, it can help kids learn. It can help kids understand things in a whole new level. It can be a tutor for people.
And this is obviously especially useful for people that can't afford tutors.
The other day, my kid Needed to learn something about photosynthesis. We went on Claude and I was showing him how to do it. That Claude created an interactive sheet for him that showed him everything about photosynthesis.
It helped him study it.
It showed him pictures, interactive charts and so much more. Another one of my kids had to understand something in history. We went on notebook L m.
We did all the research.
And notebook L m just helped my daughter so much. 1, it created graphs, it created flashcards, and best of all, even created a podcast for her that explained it in simple terms, much better than any of the textbooks were doing. Obviously, a kid can't just rely on it and be lazy, obviously.
But AI is here to stay.
And progressive schools and teachers that understand this should be getting on this now. Let me know your thoughts if you agree with me or not.
Schools that ban AI outright may leave students behind because employers increasingly expect practical AI proficiency.
Teach AI as a guided skill: show students how to use it for tutoring, study aids, and understanding, while still requiring effort and judgment.
First and foremost, AI is here to stay. Secondly, if you're going into the job market today and you want to keep your job, you have to be proficient in AI.
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