🎓 Children as Guinea Pigs: What's Wrong with the "AI School of the Future"?

Alpha School sold parents a vision of the "school of the future" for $65,000 a year. However, a 404 Media investigation reveals that behind the glossy facade lie textbook errors, mass surveillance, and stolen content.

✅ The school promises mastery in just two hours a day—thanks to AI-developed lessons. But in internal communications, employees admit the AI generates faulty assignments that do "more harm than good." Test questions are often illogical or lack a correct answer entirely.

✅ Children are under constant surveillance. Mouse movements are tracked, and screen activity and webcam footage are recorded to assess student "engagement." This monitoring software operates even at home, causing anxiety among students. Parents are forced to manually manage these intrusive settings.

✅ Student data and webcam videos were stored in a standard Google Drive folder. Links to this sensitive data were accessible to any employee, including those who had already left the company

✅ Instead of developing original programs, the school spent years copying materials from platforms like Khan Academy and IXL. Employees were specifically instructed on how to bypass security measures to avoid getting the school blocked for content theft

"Students are being treated like guinea pigs," admits one former employee.

Will AI eventually replace teachers?

❤️ — No, people should teach people
🔥 — Yes, it's just a matter of time

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