Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms
The author argues that introducing AI chatbots in American classrooms could be detrimental to children's education, citing Norway's experience with iPads, where young Norwegians now struggle to read. The author believes that AI removes the 'doing' aspect of learning, which is essential for education.
Norway gave every child an iPad or similar device in 2016, but now young Norwegians struggle to read, with around 500,000 unable to read simple instructions. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store launched a program to address the issue, stating that 15,000 pupils finished primary school without being able to read properly. The author worries that introducing AI chatbots in schools will have a similar negative impact. Education is 'basic training for civilization,' and relying on AI to think for you can lead to 'mental flabbiness.' The author argues that educators learned a similar lesson with the introduction of cheap calculators in the 1970s, where students needed to learn the basics before using calculators. To build 'muscle memory' for thinking and doing things, education should mostly stay in the pre-AI world, requiring more memorization and tests in the classroom.
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