[ExI] ai in education

[ilsa]

Oh Keith,
How come science fiction is always pessimistic?
Could you write an optimistic scenario of this thread?

Smile, ilsa

Ilsa Bartlett
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
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> >...AI doesn't know any of us.  I suppose we could rely upon it to render
> a judgement on whether or not I am personally attacking John (or anyone
> else.)  BillK is the one among us who appears to be the most skilled in the
> use of AI.  I do invite him (or anyone else) to feed the entire exchange
> into AI, see if it "thinks" I am attacking anyone.  BillK?  Anyone?  spike
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> Adrian, we have been discussing this for years, dacades: the use of AI as
> a judge.  This is cool: we get a chance to test it where the stakes are
> low.  Understatement, the stakes are zero.  There is no money to change
> hands, nothing but a disagreement among friends.  I consider everyone who
> posts on ExI a friend, even if we disagree on some matters.
>
> It is night in the UK where BillK lives, but he will see this in the
> morning and likely have a result for us soon.  In the meantime, I do wish
> to make it clear that my intention is not to attack John.  I disagree with
> him on his use of the term militia, or suggesting there is anything the
> least bit neo-Nazi about it.  A neo-Nazi group dressing up in camo and
> doing military exercises should be referred to as " a neo-Nazi group
> dressing up in camo and doing military exercises."  That is clumsy of
> course.  So we could call them "neo-Nazis."
>
> If we do, consider that they are a marching self-contradiction.  The first
> thing the original Nazis did is disarm the German citizenry.  This resulted
> in their facing little armed resistance as they rounded up their own
> citizens for a horrifying genocide, mass murder.  Our neo-Nazis are armed
> themselves, and have a right to do that, because of our constitution.
>
> Let's see what AI makes of our discussion.  It would be even more
> interesting to compare the various AIs: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and any
> others in common use.
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> spike
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