Meghan Wilson Duff: also /s 😹 — Subium • Bluesky web client

six million dollars that could have actually gone to support kids

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

It's wild. We know what helps kids and we keep looking for ridiculous, expensive (someone made some money) "solutions" and complain about paying for the basics.

seriously!!! we don't have to reinvent the wheel! we already have so much data on what kids need and what *actually* deserves investment for future research

Sure but have you considered the benefits of removing the human element from education? /s

also /s 😹

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