Williams highlights state and international momentum on AI limits
Williams references State Senator Gounardes's FOCUS Act and Norway's ban on generative AI for elementary students, and calls for schools to recommit to teaching basics amid declining reading and math scores.
These policies reflect a growing momentum at the state level.
and even abroad.
Earlier this year, State Senator Andrew Granatis introduced the Fostering Optimal Classroom Use of Screens Act, aiming to strictly limit student exposures to screens and artificial intelligence in the classroom.
Across the Atlantic, Norway made headlines this summer with a new ministerial directive banning the use of generative AI tools for elementary school students and limiting use for older students.
At a time when reading and math scores continue to decline year after year, it is important that our schools recommit to teaching the basics and do not allow machines to co-opt our children's ability to learn and think critically.