NYC mayor Mamdani imposes 1 year ban on AI for schools through 8th grade

sicktriple•about 3 hours ago

I don't see a problem with this. AI can be useful but the pressure to use it as a shortcut to mastery can be very strong. Kids need to develop the reflex to think critically before they reach for the LLM.

JLO64•about 3 hours ago

While I don’t have a positive opinion on the current attempts to use AI within education, I do question if a complete moratorium is the best way to go about it right now. Despite whatever the mayor says, students will use AI with or without express permission. Acting as if this isn’t the case might be detrimental towards educators trying to deal with it.

Grombobulous•about 1 hour ago

It’s not a ban on AI in kids’ private lives, it’s a ban on using it in class and for schoolwork.

It’s also only up until 8th grade. High school is a great time to have some coursework covering AI.

It’s also not a moratorium forever. Rules can always be changed.

Somewhat related, smartphone bans in schools have really positive outcomes.

nextaccountic•about 3 hours ago

The important part I think is not the ban on kids pre 8th grade, but that high schoolers are getting courses on AI literacy

bigstrat2003•about 3 hours ago

There have always been people dishonest enough to cheat in school. That doesn't mean that cheating shouldn't be banned.

ChrisArchitect•about 1 hour ago

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542443

rvz•about 3 hours ago

Quite of a bad idea to put a complete ban like that.

Meanwhile in China they are doing the opposite [0] an are not imposing a complete ban (except for unsupervised use of generative AI).

Children are required to have adult supervision to use AI chatbots for the purpose of learning the skills that require understanding AI systems and programming them or assisted-leaning in STEM subjects.

[0] https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202604/15/content_WS69df29e6...

cdrnsf•about 3 hours ago

The current administration has shown no interest in regulating AI or addressing its harms so I see no problem with a city making this choice.

okdood64•about 3 hours ago

I'm all for regulation of AI, but it's not practical.

I fear we're going to regulate ourselves to death (hyperbole) with regards to AI in the Western world, while China is just going to go brrr.

alexnewman•about 2 hours ago

I support this. Education should be reserved to the fancy private schools. Public school should be able drugs and getting laid. That was my experience anyways

NYC mayor Mamdani imposes 1 year ban on AI for schools through 8th grade

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