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And here I was thinking that the title was a reference to The Smashing Pumpkins...

One of the biggest contrasts in this info graphic and the AIxEducation conversation is its simplicity. Educators don't have time. The length of videos, articles, tutorials explaining AI tools exemplifies why they are not moving as fast into classrooms as people may lead you to think. Educators are curious, sure. But they're not in a rush, and they're definitely not in a rush to take the relationships out of education. Talking to students about AI is part of that. Facilitating experiences that encourage students to talk to each other is more a part of that.

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And there one gets to the core issue of AI: it doesn’t know. It’s not capable of knowing.

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“Bots learn from humans and humans are flawed.”

Except that bots are not “regurgitating” lies circulating online. Bots make up their very own original lies. AI cheerleaders call them “hallucinations” as though the poor bots are mentally ill. But all signs are that the bots lie simply because they have no reason not to.

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Chatbots don't "lie" if we define lying as deliberately stating something that is known to be false. We humans assign truth or falsity to their output based on our understanding of what we consider true or false in the world as we experience it.

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