Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith
@NotTheMormon1
“A cinematic transubstantiation!”

Jessica Winter has been raising her children to detest A.I. Then her daughter’s public middle school began receiving Google Chromebooks, which came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a suite of A.I. tools. “When my daughter, who is in sixth grade, begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: ‘Help me write,’ ” Winter writes. “If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is ‘Help me visualize.’ She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: ‘Help me edit.’ ‘Beautify this slide.’ ” Proponents of generative A.I. in elementary and middle schools argue that such early exposure will foster digital-media literacy, and prepare them for a future in which most professions are steeped in A.I. But the technology also poses significant cognitive and social-emotional risks to young people. Read Winter’s report about A.I.’s infiltration into schools—and what it could mean for young minds: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NSWuBG

2 new Pixar original films have been revealed: • ‘Ono Ghost Market’ - A film inspired by Asian myths about supernatural bazaars where the living & dead interact • The studio's first-ever musical film, directed by Domee Shi (‘Turning Red’) (Source: wsj.com/business/media…)





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