This has been going on for a few years now. Has anyone gotten left behind yet?
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School kids who report almost never using AI are getting so left behind that they're outperforming their peers on almost every metric. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/pisa-2025-results-volume-i_73451bc5-en.html (via @aesthr )
weird little guy: "But the group who used AI once or twice a week 'to help them learn' performed a few points higher!"
If you think one result within the margin of error is worth all of that energy expenditure, water consumption, psychological hazard and social upheaval, then you're either a dupe, a shareholder, or both.
There's a student cohort in the US who got hit in rapid succession with the triple whammy of pandemic remote learning, AI edtech deployment, and MAGA's educational takeover, and if they're learning at all, it's a testament to their ability and to the sheer determination of their educators.
As long as there are weird little guys hanging around trying to convince me, I haven't been left behind.