Ask HN: Norway bans AI in elementary schools

What is your opinion on this? Norway banned smart phones and now AI.

> Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre argues that using AI could increase the risk that young children miss important steps in their education.

13 points | by mellosty 19 hours ago

10 comments

  • lemonademan 9 hours ago
    Their Prime Minister is right to ban the use of AI in elementary schools, as most people who use AI to answer questions don't focus on retaining a set answer but rather answering whatever question was asked. So yes, elementary school students will miss a lot of steps, but this is still just my own opinion. However, I am more interested in how AI was used in elementary schools in the first place.
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    • penpendian 2 hours ago
      But maybe teacher can use ai to create customised storybook or material faster without always relying on human retail that take steps and weekss
  • wasting_time 19 hours ago
    Discussed at length:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093

  • al_borland 19 hours ago
    It shocks me that anyone would be giving AI to elementary school kids, so I think this is good.
  • jamesli233 13 hours ago
    Really curious about how they actually ban it, like do they set a law against that behavior? Who is gonna to take the responsibility?Their parents?
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    • kingkongjaffa 5 hours ago
      Presumably it's in schools so it's down to the teachers to confiscate devices and not use them in the first place as tools children drive.

      I assume using AI to make teaching materials that teachers then disseminate is still fair game.

  • PaiDxng 17 hours ago
    Norway's approach can be seen as a "caution-first" policy choice, buying time for educational research and regulation to catch up with the technology.
  • JSR_FDED 17 hours ago
    Good, first develop empathy and social skills. Then critical thinking. Only then AI as an educational tool. Social media? Never.
  • toomuchtodo 19 hours ago
    Excellent news for child health and development.
  • sanju3026 1 hour ago
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  • journal 8 hours ago
    AI is a tool and you have to learn how to use it. You do that in a place called school. I guess, they're afraid kids will learn the truth. It must be to stun their growth as there's no other explanation. You wouldn't ban AI in math class because at that age there is no application. But if there is computer lab, or laptops, i don't see what the problem is except them finding out the truth. It's just protection from future competition by stunting their growth. Modern kids are so uneducated that AI would benefit them no matter how they continued to exist.
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    • idbnstra 5 hours ago
      what's preventing them from "finding out the truth" outside of school?