Artificial intelligence has unleashed economic turbulence and existential dread. But when it comes to education leaders and reformers, it has fueled something more familiar, facile, and ultimately dangerous: cheerleading.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has enthused, “AI development. I mean, how can we educate at the speed of light if we don’t have the best technology around?” She added, “There is a school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders or even pre-K have A1 [sic] teaching . . . that’s just a wonderful thing.” The Gates Foundation’s K–12 education chief promises that AI tutoring will allow students to pursue “their learning journeys” and to shift from “binary right-or-wrong thinking to curiosity and exploration.”
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