Mozilla CTO calls for major pause on generative AI in schools, warns of losing a generation
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-09-11
Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian has publicly called for a large-scale pause on generative AI in schools, warning that children may be the first casualty: "I am actually really worried whether we're gonna lose a generation of children."
Key points:
- Schools should impose a substantial pause on generative AI until proper governance is worked out
- He warned the industry: govern yourselves, or regulators "are gonna come in a lot stronger"
The poster, Dan Jeffries, frames the warning against Plato's Phaedrus passage about writing implanting forgetfulness and weakening memory — an ironic nod to recurring fears that new technologies erode human cognition.
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