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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids don't need to learn how to use AI in elementary or middle school or even most of high school.

Don't give them access to the internet. Have them learn to read and write and do math using pen, paper and calculators in school and MCPS will achieve more than it does now.[/quote]

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You need to wake up and understand we live in a competitive world, one in which most children will access the internet, learn a ton, and use AI effectively. You cannot live like a digital Amish and then expect to benefit from the fruits of everyone's tech expertise later on in life.

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I think for ES/MS AI shouldn't be allowed, but for maybe Jrs/Srs in HS, it makes sense for them to start learning how to use AI effectively.

Agree with a PP, AI is here to stay, and in today's job market, you need to know how to use AI.  This was the message that some commencement speakers at colleges tried to explain to graduates (much to their disgust, and those speakers got boo'd.  I do think the speakers were tone deaf about it).

It's not just the tech sector that's pushing AI on their employees.  It's happening in other industries, too.

My DC is a UMD and had one professor tell them that they can use AI but only for certain parts of the assignment.  DC has also used it for other purposes, but they always check the output.    UMD has its own AI tool (powered by OpenAI) that students can access.  I think colleges are now seeing the writing on the wall and incorporating AI use in its curriculum.[/quote]

College is a great time to learn to use AI, after you have learned fundamental writing and math skills[/quote]
I kind of agree with you, but I think HS kids will definitely use AI, and so putting guardrails around it makes sense. [/quote]

Maybe for home assignments but there is no reason why they need to have access to it at school. Don't allow cell phones, don't use Chromebooks, do work either pencil and paper. That's what the schools that tech bros send their kids to do.[/quote]

Let's be real.  The tech bros don't actually do that, and they spin it to make themselves look good.  Of course, those kids have cell phones, laptops/chromebooks and tablets.  If that's what you want for your kids, fine, but I want mine to function in the real world.[/quote]

Yes, they do. This is one of the schools they send their kids to: https://www.waldorfpeninsula.org/explore

You can give your kids cell phones and laptops but have them go to school where they don't have access to these things and can therefore focus on learning.

These tech people don't want their kids to have access at school because they themselves have intentionally pushed to ensure their products are as distracting as possible during the school day in order to increase engagement from school age kids and increase their own profits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/social-media-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.TxAz._2Pq7SFKjc4k&smid=nytcore-android-share
[quote]One slide presentation illustrated how this could happen. If someone began a YouTube session with a query about linear equations, the platform would first offer a learning video, the presentation showed. But after that, the algorithm would recommend a Will Ferrell comedy video.

A Google spokesman said the documents were outdated. In 2022, the company released a tool that allows teachers to remove ads and recommendations on videos they assign students to watch, said the spokesman, José Castañeda. He also said that YouTube could be blocked, and that browsing on the site had been turned off by default on school Chromebooks for a decade.

But teachers and parents said that even when YouTube and other sites were blocked, students used internet proxies and other workarounds. And schools often allowed YouTube browsing so children could do research, which Google said highlighted its educational value but which made policing its use more difficult.[/quote][/quote]

You think the tech people are going to send their MS/HS kids to that school as there is no way they'd be competitive in stem.  Maybe for non-stem kids, sure or ES.

Bill Gates kids went here:  Lots of stem and computers.  https://www.lakesideschool.org[/quote]

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