IB Student Asks: School Blocked AI on Wi-Fi While Classmates Can't Finish Long Articles
No-Sprinkles3320 · reddit · 2026-10-23
An IB student posts about their school blocking AI tools on Wi-Fi the same day a classmate admitted they couldn't finish articles due to a short attention span. The post argues that banning AI addresses a symptom, not the cause: replacing reading with AI summaries skips the训练 of following arguments and questioning claims, but blocking alone doesn't teach critical reading. Open questions: should schools teach responsible AI use instead, and can AI strengthen reading skills if used properly? Ends with a warning about misinformation resilience if a generation loses the capacity to comprehend long texts.
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