I grew up just north of checkpoint and a high speed chase that started there ended with 5 dead outside the high school when I was in 4th grade. It’s one of my earliest memories of an event that didn’t happen to me, and I’ve hated the checkpoint and CBP ever since.

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Sadly I don’t think reason is going to help much. “The kids are going to use it anyway so we have to teach them to use it responsibly” seems to be the line. Ed law groups are providing schools/districts with example AI policies, uni ed departments are writing AI guidance and it’s all trash.

I have been fighting with my kids’ school about their decision to allow AI use this year and it’s bleak. The super says they have to allow it because the student teachers are required by their program to teach how to use it and the board clearly knows very little about AI.

For years my eldest would not fall asleep unless they were holding my hair. And waking up sans hair meant lots of crying.

I have been been fighting with my kids’ school about their AI policy and trying to inform their teachers that my students, at least, are not to use any AI in any assignment and it has been frustrating and horrifying.

I made chicken noodle soup. It’s exciting if basic because it’s a second thing (after pasta with marinara) that all the members of my family will eat.

I’m in the middle of a fight with my kids’ school about the students being assigned to use it. Which “they have to do” because the student teachers have to teach “responsible use” as part of their program. There’s no such thing! I’m aiming for parents being informed and having to opt in at least.

Not being logged in doesn’t change the fact that it’s built on stolen creative works, or that it uses more power and water than entire cities, or that all of society’s biases are baked into it. There’s no ethical use of generative ai.

This is timely for me as I fight for my kids’ middle/high school to proactively offer alternative assignments and inform parents in advance when AI will be used in a class. I also think they should be informed about the reasons why they might not want to use it. Informed consent should exist in tech

So frustrating! I recently read a book I wasn’t really enjoying but wanted to see how it turned out. It ended with a cliffhanger! And my library didn’t have the sequel.

…which js less invasive than a biopsy for every suspicious spot on a scan. But it time consuming and expensive for sure.

It’s not a false positive exactly. It’s more that it’s hard to know if something is a problem without something to compare it to. So if the first scan is clear, you’re good. But if there’s a denser spot they have to watch it for a couple of years to see if it changes…