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Arizona School’s Curriculum Will Be Taught by AI, No Teachers (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 days ago by pelespirit to c/politics

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Remember that one teacher who made going to school fun and inspired you to pursue your passions? Students at a new charter school in Arizona won’t, because they don’t get to have teachers. Instead, the two hours of academic instruction they receive each day—yes, just two hours—will be directed entirely by AI.

By a 4-3 margin, the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools on Monday approved an application from Unbound Academy to open a fully online school serving grades four through eight. Unbound already operates a private school that uses its AI-dependent “2hr Learning” model in Texas and is currently applying to open similar schools in Arkansas and Utah.

Under the 2hr Learning model, students spend just two hours a day using personalized learning programs from companies like IXL and Khan Academy. “As students work through lessons on subjects like math, reading, and science, the AI system will analyze their responses, time spent on tasks, and even emotional cues to optimize the difficulty and presentation of content,” according to Unbound’s charter school application in Arizona. “This ensures that each student is consistently challenged at their optimal level, preventing boredom or frustration.”

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[–] ArbitraryValue 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Ah, I was thinking of autocorrect on PCs, which generally won't change what you wrote without your input. I swipe to type on my phone and the phone does often interpret my gestures as a word other than the one that I intended, but my gestures are so imprecise that I think the phone does a remarkably good job even if I do have to proofread afterwards.

I expect that the phones will do better once they have AI capable of noticing things the user clearly didn't intend to write.

[–] pelespirit 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Spellcheck and autocorrect are AI, lol.

I expect that the phones will do better once they have AI capable of noticing things the user clearly didn’t intend to write.

[–] ArbitraryValue 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I suppose they're AI in a very general sense according to which even simple, deterministic programs such as one that plays tic-tac-toe are AI, but they're not generative models like the software people people usually have in mind when they say "AI" is.

[–] pelespirit 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ummm, dude where are you getting this info? It's the OG of AI. It learns from your mistakes and teaches the model.

Edit: Do you know what AI is? I suggest looking at what it really does.