Mariela on fears as parent of incoming kindergartener
Mariela, a parent of a child entering kindergarten, expresses fear about AI in classrooms, saying it is 'almost negligent' to put chatbots in front of the most vulnerable population. She describes parents working hard to limit technology at home only to have schools introduce AI, and calls for immediate action before summer.
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Oh, amazing.
Oh, thank you.
I'm walking because I'm leaving from work.
Thank you for hosting this.
My name is Mariela.
My daughter just turned five and she's going into kindergarten in the fall.
And I am so concerned and worried.
About
All of this technology, AI in the classroom.
I know so many parents that live in Greenpoint who are so careful with their kids.
We work so hard to keep, to limit the amount of technology
with our kids and then now I find out that I'm going to be sending my daughter to school and she's going to be
in front of a screen with a chatbot that she's going to learn that she can just ask questions to the chatbot instead of coming to talk to me.
I think it's ridiculous.
It is
dangerous.
It is almost negligent to know all of the risks that we know of with technology and the internet and to put this in front of our kids, the most vulnerable
population that we have, to put this in front of them and just, you know, hope for the best.
We definitely need to put a stop to this, like right now, before.
I know that this summer is going to start, and I don't know what happens in the public schools.
Everybody goes on vacation.
I have no idea.
But we cannot be so slow to...
Do something about this, considering we are so fast to incorporate AI and technology in the schools, and yet we're so slow to actually do something to show that we care about our kids.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for your testimony.
Now, our next...
Witness is Sonali Thacker.