Scholar: Refusing AI in class and 'meat computation' hype are both bad pedagogy
ruthstarkman · x · 2026-09-23
In a discussion with Chris Manning, Seth Lazar and mmitchellai, Ruth Starkman argues that two extremes fail students equally: humanists who refuse to engage with AI in the name of human dignity, and AI enthusiasts who promote an impoverished view of humanity via 'speciesism' and 'meat computation' rhetoric, at a time when students want to understand AI alongside our humanity.
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