Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’

Date Linked: 20 May 2025

Source: story link, from fortune.com

I hate everything in this article.

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I think what bothers me about “improving learning” approaches to educational technology is that it tends to prioritize utilitarianism at the expense of everything else. Ethical concerns about AI don’t matter if grades go up, what students should learn about is largely shoved aside, and so forth.

Heading into finals, campus sent out a message about AI detection tools maybe not being trustworthy, which is great. However, this is in the context of these tools being wrapped into plagiarism detection software we already have access to, so they should say the same about it, too.

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