When I finally read it, I found it remarkably balanced. It cites positives and negatives, all of which agree with my experience.
> Con: AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development
> When kids use generative AI that tells them what the answer is … they are not thinking for themselves. They're not learning to parse truth from fiction.
None of this is controverisal. It happens without AI, too, with kids blindly copying what the teacher tells them. Impossible to disagree, though.
> Con: AI poses serious threats to social and emotional development
Yep. Just like non-AI use of social media.
> Schooling itself could be less focused on what the report calls "transactional task completion" or a grade-based endgame and more focused on fostering curiosity and a desire to learn
No sh*t. This has probably been a recommendation for decades. How could you argue against it, though?
> AI designed for use by children and teens should be less sycophantic and more "antagonistic," pushing back against preconceived notions and challenging users to reflect and evaluate.
Genius. I love this idea.
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I believe that explicitly teaching students how to use AI in their learning process, that the beautiful paper direct from AI is not something that will help them later, is another important ingredient. Right now we are in a time of transition, and even students who want to be successful are uncertain of what academic success will look like in 5 years, what skills will be valuable, etc.