Pause AI in BC Schools

Over 2,500 people have signed the petition asking the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care for a two-year pause on AI in schools. Research supports it. NYC and LA have done it. We can stop our kids being unconsenting beta-testers for this unproven tech. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...

Something I wish more people would realize.

NDP: "... but it might work for us"

You should stay far away from @dayofai.bsky.social "Day of AI". It's full of foot-in-the-door incrementalism. It will talk about how best to use AI, never about how using it harms students, and how they would be better off _not_ using it. MIT would never publish something that questions AI.

I am minded once again of the principle that if a company has to force its employees to use a tool, that tool is probably not fit for purpose

We should quit using Proton. Where do people recommend?

"Schools need to figure out the best way to incorporate relevant technology to help people learn better." Do we? Why? Why is it our job to find a viable use case for these crap products?

Fewer people voted for BC Conservatives this year than in 2024. NDP 2024: 944,463 2026: 669,257 CON: 2024: 911,142 2026: 860,565 NDP appealed to right-wing voters they didn't get. Their base felt ignored and decided to not vote? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Br... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Br...

Ex Google/Yahoo CEO uses AI to come up with three points about what makes her daughter special... This is presented as normal by the New York Times. 😱

The prevalence of AI slop writing is changing the way people write. They are sounding more and more like AI. Asking a chatbot for feedback on your writing has the same effect. It will make suggestions that make you more sound like AI. You have a unique perspective and voice, don't lose that to AI.

The conservative playbook is to cut funding to schools. AI always comes up as a way to fill in gaps in teaching. We need solidarity between parents, teachers and students to fight against cuts in funding AND against AI being sold as a "solution" to cuts.

Fewer people voted for BC Conservatives this year than in 2024. NDP 2024: 944,463 2026: 669,257 CON: 2024: 911,142 2026: 860,565 NDP appealed to right-wing voters they didn't get. Their base felt ignored and decided to not vote? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Br... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Br...

The BC Conservatives have won a majority government following BC NDP leader David Eby's decision to call a snap election almost two years ahead of schedule. Here's what a Conservative majority means for LNG, Indigenous Rights and more #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-...

NDP: "... but it might work for us"

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

If you're in BC, today is your last day to vote! A Conservative government would be a disaster for schools.

{Company} that sells {product} says that {product} is the best thing ever. But people without a financial interest in {product} are skeptical.

What is happening just south of the border in Seattle should be wake-up call for all parents in BC. Microsoft buying its way into the education system, students being told to use AI to generate ideas. thebulletinsea.org/issue-47-sps...

Friends, this is our moment. We are 138 signatures away from 1000 on the petition to tell Mamdani to stop experimenting on our kids with AI. Can you help us get to 1000 signatures today? @gregpak.net @liatro.bsky.social @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com

When the fossil fuel industry controls government, the government deems pipelines in the natural interest, and outside the bounds of democracy. Data centres are learning from the fossil fuel playbook.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Remember 3 years ago? Before everyone lost their minds?

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Good morning! We're suing Meta for stealing our shit 😎 let's goooo

This piece by student journalist Naishu Vempali made me pump my fist in solidarity. I hope when I’m back teaching at UMass next year they take a class with me, where they can expect nothing but top quality human-grade feedback, interaction, and attention. dailycollegian.com/2026/10/chat...

Sometimes talking about AI fanatics having the same views as eugenicists seems hyperbolic. Other times they just come out and say that anything but their own language and viewpoint should be destroyed.

Vancouver had the highest voter turnout in years, and almost a fully progressive slate. New West had lower turnout than last year, and was a right-wing sweep. A big part of the electoral left's work needs to be getting the vote out: most people who don't vote would be voting more left if they did

NYC, Washington DC, LA, and even smaller suburban districts in red states have all paused or banned the use of AI in their school districts. It's time for Seattle Public Schools to do the same! Let me know if you'd like to get involved!

gonna end up with universities using “A.i.” to summarize recommendation letters professors wrote with “A.i.” for students who did their assignments with “A.i.” that the professors graded with “A.i.”

You're telling us the Lord of Lies, wreathed in his Cloak of Deception, from atop his throne of Fibs, would produce something less than truthful?

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Mounting evidence suggests that AI can impact foundational skill development for K-12 students. We gathered the research for you here: https://edut.to/4dIvVRi

Have faculty elsewhere had their admin introduce CircleIn (an AI "tutoring" app that is integrated into LMSs) & if so are your students receiving emails like this? Despite being told that we can opt our courses out of CI, we've reason to doubt that—plus this email directly undermines us as teachers.

Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

But on the positive side, they made everyone more stupid, emitted massive amounts of CO2, drove up hardware prices etc.