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Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
Oct 26, 2026, 5:08 PM
@matt I share that hope, I am just having the dismal reality of the present day shoved into my face constantly. I still think there’s quite a bit to salvage. but the reality of classroom computing is BAD right now, even before ChatGPT. AI is just pivoting a massive problem into a full blown crisis. see for example this recent exposé: (which is hopefully not a complete accessibility nightmare) https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/hooked-youtube-videos-schools-junk-infiltrating-classrooms-google/
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Matt Campbellmatt@toot.cafe
Oct 26, 2026, 5:12 PM
@glyph Am I obligated to take in some of that present reality? I guess if I willfully ignore it as a strategy for staying productive (which for me isn't just about making money/making a living but also producing useful things for my community), then I should just stay out of policy discussions.
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Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
Oct 26, 2026, 5:15 PM
@matt not really. I would probably encourage you not to point the despair lasers directly at your brain unless you feel like you need more information to make a specific contribution here. but it’s useful to know that people are not lurching away from computers merely because of reactionary attitudes or unthinking ableism; they are attempting to mitigate some immediate, desperate problems
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