[ExI] Humans could become robots controlled by AI.

[Kelly Anderson]

Idiocracy is becoming real my friends.

-Kelly

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On 2025-06-04 10:10, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
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> >
> >> ...The AI revolution is going to bring unbelievable change to human
> >> society.
> > BillK
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >> ...BillK, there will surely be plenty of humans seduced by a
> >> vision...spike
> >
> >
> > For those who think in terms of military organization: he is
> > envisioning a future in which AI is the officer corps and the humans
> > are the enlisted personnel.
>
> I suppose that it is fitting then that the birth place of AI, San
> Francisco, should also be one of the first cities to adopt high school
> grading standards aimed at training students to be the mindless pawns of
> tomorrow's AIs.
>
> https://thevoicesf.org/grading-for-equity-coming-to-san-francisco-high-schools-this-fall/
>
> Excerpt:
> "Grading for Equity eliminates homework or weekly tests from being
> counted in a student’s final semester grade. All that matters is how the
> student scores on a final examination, which can be taken multiple
> times. Students can be late turning in an assignment or showing up to
> class or not showing up at all without it affecting their academic
> grade. Currently, a student needs a 90 for an A and at least 61 for a D.
> Under the San Leandro Unified School District’s grading for equity
> system touted by the San Francisco Unified School District and its
> consultant, a student with a score as low as 80 can attain an A and as
> low as 21 can pass with a D."
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>
> If 21% is a passing grade and the schools use multiple choice tests with
> 5 options per question, then on average, a student could pass by pure
> guessing. So is this mere coincidence or is it synchronicity?
>
> Stuart LaForge
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