Maloney questions revised framework timeline and age-appropriate AI
Councilmember Maloney asks what changes are expected in the revised AI framework and when it will be released, noting distinctions needed between teacher and student use cases and age appropriateness. Junta says DOE is working furiously but cannot commit to a date, and agrees agile governance with feedback loops is needed.
Thank you.
First, I want to reiterate the urgency of this conversation, because as has been said, AI is already in the classrooms, it's already in our lives, and that includes the parents, the teachers, the students, the principals.
And we all agree on the need for AI guidelines and frameworks and age-appropriate use of AI in schools and in life, while preserving critical thinking, accuracy, student privacy.
And I want to flag that we need to be moving a lot faster.
Because while we are slowing down, AI development is not slowing down, workforce is shifting, and people are going to be using this in everyday life.
So your testimony notes that there's changes that need to be made to the guidance, and some of them include
distinctions between teacher use cases and student use cases, more rigor around the age appropriateness for use of the tools, how you introduce AI, at what age.
So what changes are expected and when will we get that revised framework?
So those are all of the things that we are exploring and hope to be able to include in upcoming guidance.
We are working furiously through that.
I cannot commit to a date, but we will be offering clarity on those exact items.