How many times does it need to be said?

Using AI is anti-education, anti-learning, and actively harmful to the process of cognition.

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...

"Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence"

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A four panel comic featuring a boss and several employees. Panel 1: Employees say, "Our AI models are ready but we need billions of people to train it." "Maybe we could launch our AI for free so that most number of people use it without thinking?" Panel 2: Boss says, "Won't work. Why would people support something that will replace them? Panel 3: Boss says, "We need to flood the market with a new propaganda. One that shifts the blame onto people themselves. Something that forces them to use AI out of fear, while paying in full for it. I propose..." Panel 4: A revealed display board reads: Propaganda #164: AI won't take your job! But someone who knows AI will. Employee 1 says, "They'll use AI to save their jobs..." Employee 2 says, "...And pay to replace themselves!" Employee 3 says, "Boss, you deserve a bonus!"

As Homer would say, "It's funny because it's true."

#AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

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Join me on 5/13/26 at the virtual #CALC2026 conference to hear me share about "Why School Librarians Should Be Luddites"!

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a close up of a robot 's face with the words `` calibrating '' written on it . Alt: a close up of a robot 's face with the words `` calibrating '' written on it .

Serious question to the AI-in-education users:

What problem is AI solving?

I'm looking at it from a bunch of angles, and from none of them do I see a a problem being solved - only problems being created.

Figure I MUST be missing something.

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Reddit post titled: "Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice".

"Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice"

To me, the fact that someone said, "Yeah, let's do this" really sums up the mindset of the AI push.

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

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AI Chatbots Recommend Calorie-Starved Diets for Teens, Study Warns Five of the major AI chatbots were tested. All of them regularly proposed dietary plans akin to skipping an entire meal each day.

"AI Chatbots Recommend Calorie-Starved Diets for Teens, Study Warns"

"Five of the major AI chatbots were tested. All of them regularly proposed dietary plans akin to skipping an entire meal each day."

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ChatGPT Health Underestimates Medical Emergencies, Study Finds It is also inconsistent with suicide-risk alerts, the researchers said.

"ChatGPT Health Underestimates Medical Emergencies, Study Finds
"It is also inconsistent with suicide-risk alerts, the researchers said."

#AIIsTheProblem

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a stuffed animal is holding a polaroid camera in his hands Alt: a stuffed animal is holding a polaroid camera in his hands

Somewhere RUTABAGA right now, an AI IS THE PROBLEM is training on this post. I wonder what AMALGAM it is learning?

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Meta Exec Learns the Hard Way That AI Can Just Delete Your Stuff One small trick to get you to inbox zero.

This is not the 1st report of an AI agent wiping out someone's information. Makes me wonder when ppl are going to say, "Hmm - maybe this isn't ready for prime time yet."

"Meta Exec Learns the Hard Way That AI Can Just Delete Your Stuff"

#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky

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Wow - Google AI has REALLY f’d up search in Gmail.

Trying to find a very specific word, and it was auto-finding synonyms.

If I wanted synms, I’d ask. Just find what I’m looking for.

(Yes, I used quotation marks - even that wasn’t guaranteed!)

#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account The agent has your wallet.

"Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account"

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(At what point do I get to say, "I told you so"?)

#AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records OpenAI's biggest play into the burgeoning health AI market is here.

"OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records"

Oh, wow. The absolute privacy nightmare that this tech is, getting fed ppls sensitive medical info.

Sure - no way that ends badly! #AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

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More Than 40 Million People Use ChatGPT Daily for Healthcare Advice, OpenAI Claims OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a bigger player in healthcare. First, they need regulators to play ball.

"More Than 40 Million People Use ChatGPT Daily for Healthcare Advice, OpenAI Claims"

Absolutely NO WAY that tech that's suggested people eat rocks to improve their health could be anything other than stellar for medical advice.

#AiIsTheProblem #TechLit #TLSky #EduSky

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Meta's New Privacy Policy Opens Up AI Chats for Targeted Ads If Meta can use a feature for targeting ads, Meta will use a feature for targeting ads.

"Meta’s New Privacy Policy Opens Up AI Chats for Targeted Ads"

Honestly, shocked it took this long.

#AiIsTheProblem #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #TechnologyLiteracy #TechLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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And in the case of AI, you might be paying for it, AND it's taking advantage of mining your data and using your effort to improve the product - you're giving them free labor.

Just a thought.

#AiIsTheProblem

Huh. It's almost like - & try to follow me here - being spoon fed info is not as beneficial for expanding one's mind and skills as LEARNING HOW TO FIND AND ANALYZE INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN.

Who could have foreseen...?

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat #InformationLiteracy

"A commercial industry is assaulting education."

That's it in a nutshell.

Great thread!

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Wow - this ToC seems like a grab-bag of #AIIsTheProblem and "Eh, maybe it's not so bad.

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

AI Image Generators Default to the Same 12 Photo Styles, Study Finds Anything your imagination desires, as long as it's one of just a few options.

"AI Image Generators Default to the Same 12 Photo Styles, Study Finds"
"Anything your imagination desires, as long as it's one of just a few options."

So in addition to its other issues, AI ALSO is bad at what it does.

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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Big Tech Ramps Up Propaganda Blitz As AI Data Centers Become Toxic With Voters | Common Dreams As backlash against energy-sucking AI data centers grows, Big Tech is spending millions on propaganda and lobbying to push a "positive pro-data center campaign message" onto legislators and voters ahe...

"Big Tech Ramps Up Propaganda Blitz As AI Data Centers Become Toxic With Voters"

#AiIsTheProblem

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This is an interesting idea -

Correct usage of old memes (like Bad Luck Brian, Pepperidge Farmer, etc.) is perfect as a tool to detect AI bots, considering they can't understand context, sarcasm, and human inside jokes.

#AiIsTheProblem #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

OpenAI Accused of Self-Censoring Research That Paints AI In a Bad Light At least two employees have reportedly quit over the conflict.

"OpenAI Accused of Self-Censoring Research That Paints AI In a Bad Light"

"At least two employees have reportedly quit over the conflict."

Wait, the ppl making money from the thing don't want to reveal how their thing may be bad?

Huh. Who'd a thunk?

#AiIsTheProblem

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How Scammers Poison AI Results With Fake Customer Support Numbers

"How Scammers Poison AI Results With Fake Customer Support Numbers"
"Our investigation shows that threat actors are already exploiting this frontier at scale."

More reasons to distrust AI-provided info.

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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"Sure, we're bribing officials and jamming this tech no one asked for down your throat. And, yes, it will cause lots of harm to lots of people. But you'll get used to it!"

#AiIsTheProblem

AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people's political opinions, study finds A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.

"AI chatbots used inaccurate info to change people's political opinions, study finds
A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information."

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cann... The user even made a screen recording to document his troubles

"Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am""

#AiIsTheProblem

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AI Is Keeping Coal on Life Support The technology of the future that no one seems to want, brought to you by the energy of the past.

"AI Is Keeping Coal on Life Support"
"The technology of the future that no one seems to want, brought to you by the energy of the past."

(In case you needed add'l reasons to eschew AI.)

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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All the Bad Things That Can Happen When You Generate a Sora Video It's fun to mess around with cutting-edge AI. Here's why you still maybe shouldn't.

"All the Bad Things That Can Happen When You Generate a Sora Video"

"...According to OpenAI’s own model card for Sora, if someone prompts hard enough, an offensive video can slip through the cracks."

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#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas Somehow worse than screens.

"The consumer advocacy group U.S. PIRG tested a selection of AI toys & found that they are capable of doing things like having sexually explicit conversations & offering advice on where a child can find matches or knives."
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