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The UK wants AI in schools to mark kids’ homework
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The issue isn't even that AI is doing grading, really. There are worlds where using technology to assist in grading isn't a loss for a student.
The issue is that all of this is as an excuse not to invest in students at all and the turn here is purely a symptom of that. Because in a world where we invest in technology to assist in education, the first thing that happens is we recognize the completely unsexy and obvious things that also need to happen, like funding for maintenance of school buildings, basic supplies, balancing class sizes by hiring and redistricting, you know. The obvious shit.
But those things don't attract the attention of the debt metabolism, they're too obvious and don't include more leverage for short term futures. To believe there is a future for the next generation is risk inherent and ambiguous. You can only invest in that it if you actually care.
Self paced, computerized lessons where the teacher can float and individually help each student exactly where they're stuck are totally possible, and can be made more engaging and better tailored to different learning styles and disabilities, etc.
But instead of actually using technology in ways that enhance education, it seems to be mostly used to make it somehow worse.
@imadabouzu Yeah, this is actually something that AI *may* possibly be useful for. But it’s an expensive system that will be used to reduce funding further, not give teachers more time or less work.