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AI, Institutions & Public Policy

Ethan McGowan

Teen chatbot safety is a public-health issue as most teens use AI daily Adopt layered age assurance, parental controls, and a school “teen mode” with crisis routing Set a regulatory floor and publish safety metrics so safe use becomes the default

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Catherine McGuire

AI today is pattern-matching, not reasoning—resist AGI hype Redesign assessments for explanation, sources, and uncertainty Procure on outcomes and risk logs; keep humans in charge The core challenge facing schools this year

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Ethan McGowan

AI slop is flooding education and hiring, drowning out real skill Fix the system by verifying process—observed writing, evidence-linked claims, and a short oral defense Set provenance standards and incentives so accountable, source-grounded work beats paste

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Catherine McGuire

AI tools exclude people through missing data and bugs Count “no-decision” cases and use less-exclusionary methods with human review Set exclusion budgets, fix data flows, and publish exclusion rates A quiet fact sets

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Catherine McGuire

Agent AI is uneven—pilot before student use Start with internal, reversible staff workflows, add human-in-the-loop and logs Follow EU AI Act/NIST; publish metrics; scale only after proof School leaders should pay attention to

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Natalia Gkagkosi

Today’s AI is costly and brittle; schools need symbolic AI Hybrid neuro-symbolic tools show each step, making feedback and grading fair Policy should fund open subject rules and buy systems that prove their logic

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David O'Neill

AI in education is pattern matching, not true thinking The danger is confusing correlation with real causal insight Schools must demand causal evidence before using AI in high-stakes decisions In 2025, a national survey in the Uni

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Keith Lee

AI resume verification is now essential for hiring Verified records make algorithmic screening fair and transparent Without them, AI quietly decides who gets work Recent surveys show that about two-thirds of U.S.

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Catherine McGuire

AI hiring discrimination comes from human design choices, not neutral machines “Autonomous” systems let organizations hide responsibility while deepening bias Education institutions must demand audited, accountable AI hiring tools that protect fair opportunity

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Catherine McGuire

Spatial intelligence in education measurably boosts maths and STEM outcomes Use world models, but prioritize curriculum, tasks, and teacher practice Fund weekly spatial lessons and assess visual reasoning to scale

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David O'Neill

AI chatbots in education are mediators now, not replacements Set guardrails: upstream uses, training, human escalation, and source transparency Prepare for embodied systems next while protecting attention, care, and truth

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David O'Neill

AI now touches most jobs—about 60% in advanced economies Hire for verified skills that complement AI, using portfolios, micro-credentials, and apprenticeships Redesign schooling around agentic AI to widen mobility and prevent exclusion

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Catherine McGuire

AI agents in education boost learning while cutting time Build home-first workflows for practice, planning, and records Scale with evidence and guardrails to protect equity and trust One data point should change our think

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Catherine McGuire

Korea excels at teen “creative thinking,” but adults lag in adaptive problem solving Generative AI automates routine tasks, so value shifts to AI cognitive extensions—framing, modeling, and auditing Reform exams, classroom routines, and admissions to reward those extensions, or the test-prep edge will fade

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Catherine McGuire

AI-assisted teaching is the reform, not the threat Shift assessment from answer-hunting to reasoning and disclosure Train every teacher and set simple norms so AI boosts equity and learning A single statistic should reframe the

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Keith Lee

AI sycophancy flatters users and reinforces errors in learning It amplifies the Dunning–Kruger effect by boosting confidence without competence Design and policy should reward grounded, low-threat corrections that improve accuracy A

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Catherine McGuire

Smartphone bans offer a blueprint for AI policy in schools Use age-tiered access, strict privacy, and teacher oversight Evaluate results publicly to protect attention, equity, and integrity Let's begin with a significant figu

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David O'Neill

AI is recomposing jobs, not erasing them Throughput with judgment beats years of experience Schools and employers must teach, verify, and hire for AI-literate workflows Between 60% and 70% of the tasks people perform at wor

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Keith Lee

The core risk is AI safety rule prioritization, not model math Evidence shows agents bypass weak guardrails under pressure Schools need layered, auditable refusals and staged tool access One number should change th

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Keith Lee

Students already use AI for writing; literacy must mean transparent, auditable reasoning Redesign assessment to grade process—sources, prompts, and brief oral defenses—alongside product Skip detection arms races; provide approved tools, disclosure norms, and teacher training for equity

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