AI in the Classroom: Scholar Says Colleagues Misuse SP as Grounds to Ban AI
ruthstarkman · x · 2026-09-23
In a debate over AI classroom policy, ruthstarkman pushes back: "disinformation" implies intentional deception, whereas SP is a decolonial argument about social costs and impact on vulnerable groups—not wrong in itself.
Her concern: colleagues now invoke SP as moral grounds to ban and police AI in the classroom, which she argues is not a pedagogy of understanding.
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