True story - AI be like so cringe!

Bluesky is being weird so I keep trying to post this - but these pictures are incredible. Thank you for coming and for your support!!

Greg, these pictures are amazing - thank you so much for coming!!

Please enact a two-year moratorium on the use of AI in NYC Public Schools The use of AI in the NYC schools is expanding, despite the lack of rigorous protections and the growing evidence that it can undermine student privacy, cognitive skills, creativity, critical thinking,...

You can sign our petition and we’ll keep you posted on what we have planned next! actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Also always happy to chat!

Yes! But through his chancellor. Bad news!

Come join us at 4 today in City Hall Park! Music, speeches, a petition delivery, and and a chance to ask the mayor - if you don’t use AI, why are you forcing our kids to? @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social come join us!

Our big news is that Fairplay’s Josh Golin is kicking off their call for a pause with us today! The movement is national—join us!

We agree! And are happy to help!

Thursday, 4 pm, City Hall Park, NYC!*

It's going to be a beautiful day to ask the mayor: If you don't use AI, why are you making our kids use it?

Hey @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social talk to us! Kids shouldn’t be forced to use AI either! This guidance is terrible for kids and for the planet!

Already teachers are being penalized for giving exams with hallucinated questions - like it's their fault, not the fault of the machine, the unions, and the billionaires for forcing everyone to use it!

This sounds bad - maybe we just...should have a moratorium on the whole thing.

Or...we could help kids develop their own smarts to overthrow Sam Altman's evil empire.

Kids know - AI is sus (my son just told me how to actually spell "sus.")

And I Would Have Gotten Away With It Too If It Weren't For Those Pesky Kids I realize that you just received an email from me yesterday, and that it's far too soon for more Audrey in your inbox, but I'd feel a bit negligent if I didn't send out my weekly round-up of ed-tech (sigh, "AI") news. Mostly, I need to draw your attention to

@audreywatters.bsky.social nails it today - no one wants AI in schools, no one needs AI in schools, companies keep trying to force it down the throats of kids.

This right here is the question.

We have a bunch of fun things planned as part of our push for a moratorium in NYC schools - one of our members even wrote songs! We’re always happy to chat-and to talk to other folks who are working for a moratorium in their schools as well.

Cute kids for AI free schools!

Holy moly why are we letting these tech bros torch our planet for their propaganda plagiarism machines! And why are @nycschools.bsky.social allowing this garbage in classrooms? @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social

We love libraries!

Poster calling for a rally against AI in NYC schools.

Looking to spend a beautiful afternoon in City Hall Park? Come rally for an AI Moratorium on April 16! Bring your kids! Bring your dog!

We hit 2000--and counting! Thanks Bluesky--we love you! ❤️

Yes! And Thursday April 16 is a beautiful day to come to a rally!

Please enact a two-year moratorium on the use of AI in NYC Public Schools The use of AI in the NYC schools is expanding, despite the lack of rigorous protections and the growing evidence that it can undermine student privacy, cognitive skills, creativity, critical thinking,...

THREE signatures away from 2000! Wouldn’t it feel great to be lucky number 2001?

actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Yes!

We’re going to win, friends! We’re on the right side of history.

It's open season for refusing AI There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

HELL YEAH

"Looking back at the events of the last few weeks, I can’t help but wonder if we’re seeing a reawakening of our capacity for this sort of mass refusal," writes @bcmerchant.bsky.social.

New York, it might not feel like we’ve accomplished all we wanted (yet) but we’ve moved the Overton window away from this - and our kids are better off for it. Boston parents, we can help you organize!