AI in Schools: A Growing Concern Over Student Cognition

The American AI industry is experiencing an aggressive push to integrate its technology into schools, driven by companies like OpenAI and Google that aim to convert non-AI users into power users.

This has led to a frenzy of overspending on AI infrastructure, with firms chasing enormous contracts with enterprises. To further fuel growth, these companies are targeting the education sector, particularly students in classrooms.

However, this push is coming at a cost for students, whose formative school years are increasingly being mediated by AI chatbots. Students like Richard Scott, an eighth-grader from Pennsylvania, have reported struggling with their thinking and grades after using Google's AI assistant.