Dinowitz questions DOE on age restrictions for student-facing AI
Dinowitz asks if DOE has determined a specific age when students should not use large language models. Dr. Pate and Dr. Holla confirm there is no developmental framework for AI age bands, though early childhood has screen time policies of 30 minutes per week for 2K through pre-K.
Thank you.
I want to start with the student-facing AI.
I think it's one of the things that troubles me as a parent and a teacher the most.
Is there a specific age that the DOE has determined students should not be using things like large language models and an age where it's a
appropriate to begin such use in the classroom or outside the classroom?
Thank you.
Right now, we do not have a developmental framework for that, for age bands.
We have some clearer screen time policies in place in our early childhood.
grade, you know, 2K through pre-K now, but I'm going to invite Dr.
Pate up to speak a little bit more to the specific AI.
And while she's coming up, I'd like to acknowledge that we've been joined by Council Members Maloney and Joseph.
As our first deputy chancellor said, we don't currently have a policy, but we are learning from insight across the nation.
We do know that we are paying very close attention to what it means to engage in developmentally appropriate use of AI technology, inclusive of screen time.
Thank you, Dr.
Pate.
You have approved, oh, Dr.
Holla?
Sorry.
Just to add, specifically in the early childhoods, we just want to include that we have, it's 30 minutes per week and 15 minutes per day.
However, it's not used for students to be on it alone.
That's not the intent.
The intent of it is more for a policy, with the exceptions of like assistive technology for our students with IEPs.
And what age is that for?
And that would be for any early childhood.
So 2K, 3K, 4K.
So there's no policy for kindergarten through fifth grade?
No, that's the consistent policy.
Okay, there's no policy.
Okay.