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Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper (www.nbcnews.com)
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The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 65 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They're putting AI in children's school laptops? Not only teaching them to think less, but letting a corporation directly influence them?

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They are Chromebooks. A gigantic corporation is already influencing them?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 3 days ago

There's a big difference between "hey kids, use this machine, it has Internet access and Brand products" and "hey kids, ask me anything you'd like, and I'll give you the Brand approved answer."

[–] maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Its working exactly as intended.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kids have two options. Out dated propaganda, or propaganda that might hallucinate a few key details.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

Well obviously the propaganda I grew up with is better and clearly didn't affect me at all..