Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Similar to a book ban? How will students learn to use technology properly if schools won’t teach them how? (“We don’t understand it so we should pretend it doesn’t exist.”)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools

Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools

Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, a UN report has recommended.

Unesco, the UN’s education, science and culture agency, said there was evidence that excessive mobile phone use was linked to reduced educational performance and that high levels of screen time had a negative effect on children’s emotional stability.

It said its call for a smartphone ban sent a clear message that digital technology as a whole, including artificial intelligence, should always be subservient to a “human-centred vision” of education, and never supplant face-to-face interaction with teachers.





A nugget? (Tools for eliminating lawyers?)

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/ai-in-the-lehigh-valley-here-are-the-pros-cons-of-using-artificial-intelligence-in/article_5fded754-2b2a-11ee-b258-1b4e638dc41b.html

AI in the Lehigh Valley: Here are the pros, cons of using artificial intelligence in law

Novick is using artificial intelligence in an ongoing legal battle with his landlord. It's saved him lots of money.

"A couple of thousand dollars," said Novick.

For the last year, he's not had to hire a lawyer.

"I know what the word means," Novick said as he looked at legal terms.

Novick experiments with different types of software, depending on what he's trying to do. Among his favorite websites: Legalese Decoder. It translates law talk into layman's terms.



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