I'm a father who studies the impact of AI: this is what parents need to know

Kids need simulation for stimulation, or even manipulation real physical things.

Simulation lets them create, not vegetate.

Real physical things build those damn supercomputers.

My daughter got to play "Gizmos and Gadgets" and learned logic skills and more.

Get your copy.

https://archive.org/details/SSGWINCD

pic of the cover

https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/1209980-super-solvers-gizmo...

And the real world stuff I grew up with, creating a career with zero courses after my BS degree. (only slightly exaggerated here)

https://x02.me/i/CQP65.jpg

It's related but in NYC city schools they're proposing twice-yearly educational sessions for some high school students, no? But without seeing the exact details yet, they way they announced it makes it seem like it will be more like "precautionary" training, similar to sex-ed class rather than how to use AI as a productive tool like typing class or those clases about how to use a PC back in the day. It seems like a lot of teachers are using AI LLMs to correct papers and do grading and report cards, for better or worse!, but hopefully as teachers as a profession get more accustomed to using AI tools it will find it's way into classrooms and be a productive tool rather than a crutch for students or alternative to critical thinking.

> We should also be realistic and revolutionary, adopting this tried-and-tested principle – what I call “teach both, test both” – for AI now. Every subject, from history to English literature, should be divided in two: teach students to use AI in one part, teach students to flourish without it in the other – and, crucially, examine both.

I like this approach