Well said, Ed! 👏 💯

#AI #SamAltman #OpenAI #Anthropic #DarioAmodei

People keep saying that AI is inevitable. Like Bartleby, I'd prefer not to... We "have to use it!" My response to that is simply... WHY? Why is it being pushed so much and into so many things? Once you've gotten people to cede their decision making to an algorithm, eventually they'll stop thinking for themselves. Why would I outsource thinking for myself to a machine? I have a brain.

"You have to use AI."

...why?

Why Are We Teaching Our Primary School Learners Digital Skills? - Part 1 A personal, critical reflection on EdTech in the primary school classroom. Exploring the gap between widely held beliefs and what evidence may demonstrate about its learning impact.

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#education #primaryschool #edtech #DCF #learners #digitalskills

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Its worthwhile listening to what AI education boosters are saying:

When a positive study comes out about AI, they proclaim that AI will revolutionize education.

When a study shows AI inaccuracy and harm, they say "AI should be used alongside teachers."

They always recommend using AI.

For them it is not about what is best for students, or teachers, or society as a whole.

It is how best to use their favourite golden hammer in every possible situation.

"Turning Children Into Lifelong Customers" A post looking at the dominance of Google and Microsoft in education and whether we are creating a pipeline of future users through narrowing choice.

My latest post about the dominance of Microsoft and Google in the classroom, my thoughts and worries about creating a pipeline of lifelong customers and the narrowing of choice being offered to our learners.
#education #Edtech #microsoft #google #hwb #schools
www.headinthecloud.wales/2026/02/were...

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

#generativeAI #criticalAIliteracy #ethics

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Recent brought up this issue with a group of digital leads and headteachers. They were unaware of this, of the worker exploitation and the extreme types of material that they had to view. They were quite shocked.

#generativeAI #education #EdTechUK #criticalAIliteracy #teachers #AIethics

Elon Musk pushes xAI to be "unhinged," NSFW, former employees say - via eWeek - www.eweek.com/news/elon-mu...

Wow, Elon Musk sure does like White people | Opinion Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a guy whose social media platform most companies still use, is a BIG fan of White people. Problematically so.

Elon Musk is incessantly promoting vile white supremacy. Why is anyone - and certainly any company - still on X?

My column:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

critical AI literacy.

Here’s a link to a course that the government are promoting to help primary school teachers make the most of AI. Looking at the details of the course, I’m getting concerned that the updated DCF will be more focused on using this tech and little on

wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/ai...

input from the education sector whether this is wanted or even appropriate for our learners or teachers. The social, intellectual and environmental impacts of this technology are noticeable by their absence.

This article has put into words how I’m feeling about narrative from the Welsh Government for the use of generative AI in schools. It feels like they have already decided that this is the ‘future’, one which both teachers and pupils will have to embrace. With as far as I can see, almost zero…

“It also frames people as either consumers or producers, leaving them no room to be resisters or avoiders, or to consider whether an AI-assisted approach to a task is appropriate, beneficial and without social or environmental impacts.” 👏🏻
This is my worry with where we are heading with edu in Wales.

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Just Fancy That! Sam Altman on ads in ChatGPT.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

🤦🏻‍♂️

My employer just sent out training material on AI Integration and in addition to the wonderful definition of the term "Hallucination" in regards to AI, it also repeatedly stressed everything would be reviewed and overseen by Humans. So we're just adding another layer of complexity for no benefit.

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

Subtle Image Generation Bias in Adobe Express A post looking at some examples of the subtle image generation bias when using Adobe Express.

My latest post about bias in the generation of images using Adobe Express.

www.headinthecloud.wales/2026/02/subt...

#AI #generativeAI #hwb #adobeexpress #bias #AIbias #education #UKedu #primaryschool

Are ChatGPT and other AI tools going to lead to a ‘cognitive collapse’ in schools, colleges and elsewhere?

My new @smfthinktank.bsky.social report explores the research evidence on the risks posed by AI in our education system.

Read / download the report: bit.ly/4g7EKUR

Text from a UK government education blog. Will teachers be replaced by Al? Absolutely not. Teachers are irreplaceable, and Al could never be a substitute for teachers' professional judgement and the personal relationships they have with their students. We're developing Al tools specifically to support teachers, not to replace the unique role they play in education. These tools are designed to handle repetitive tasks that currently take teachers' energy away from face to face classroom interactions.

Doesn’t this AI tutoring project contradict what was written in this blog from the government in June 2025?

educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/arti...

I’ve read the gov press release a couple of times but I’m still a little unclear. This is an AI tutoring tool that will be used by the learner from home? They say that it won’t replace “face to face teaching” but isn’t that exactly what they are doing? Am I missing something obvious here? 🫤

An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals.

AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals.
www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...