Naomi Sachs testifies on AI exemptions for disabled and ELL students
Naomi Sachs, a recent public school graduate, expresses concern about AI exemptions for students with disabilities and English language learners, arguing generative AI is not designed for language learning and could expose vulnerable students to linguistic biases.
Hello, can people hear, is my mic, okay, awesome.
Hi, my name is Naomi Sachs.
I'm a fairly recent public school graduate and I'm just graduating from university now.
And I would like to speak a little bit on the AI Moratorium.
And first of all, I thank you guys, obviously, for all your work in supporting the AI Moratorium.
And I do think that a lot of great work has been done.
I did want to speak a little bit on the exemptions for students with disabilities and also for English language learners.
In particular for generative AI, I am concerned that we are, generative AI, as was mentioned earlier by Joann Simons, the right tools for the right job, generative AI is like,
made for chatting can create languages, but it's not necessarily made designed for language learning and it's definitely not designed necessarily with the intention of like teaching children a language and I do fear that by allowing
Obviously, it says when necessary in the guidelines.
It's not really clear what necessary entails, but I do fear that we are perhaps
like just throwing like more vulnerable students to the winds of AI, to the throes of AI.
And these students are going to be more susceptible to picking up like certain linguistic biases from generative AI if they are exposed to it, especially if they are learning it as a
second language.
I don't believe that there is any need to, I don't believe that there's ever a necessary scenario for generative AI to be used to teach students English.
I believe that, you know, we've already, obviously,
Humans are imperfect, but we have systems for teaching languages, and we don't need generative AI systems to do that.
And further, for disabled students, like generative AI, I know Sanchez already mentioned that there are already safeguards, but I really don't think that generative AI, unless there is evidence that it can be used,
productively should ever really be exposed to disabled students because the further because the harms of AI will further affect them.
Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony and congratulations on graduating.
Thank you all.
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