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by kylehotchkiss 637 days ago
If you’re gonna run with this fallacy, why not cross the finish line? If AI replaces education, why should taxpayers keep footing the bill for schools? Now we have a society where wealthy children attend private school and the rest do not. The few viable opportunities for advancement are limited to those who were educated in critical thinking. It sounds like slipping backwards as a developed country.

The functional role of a teacher is not going to be upended by AI.

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> If AI replaces education, why should taxpayers keep footing the bill for schools?

The parent claims that AI will replace human teachers, not education. If we accept that state-funded education is worthwhile now, why would it stop being worthwhile when the teacher just happens to be AI?