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Community voices caution on AI in classrooms; board and staff say replacement of teachers is not planned
Summary
A parent and former teacher warned the Ithaca school board that artificial intelligence can hallucinate and should not be used to replace teachers; trustees and staff responded that the district has no plans to replace teachers with AI and announced a community screening and panel on technology in schools.
Murali Siduraman, a former computer‑science teacher and community member, told the Ithaca City School District Board of Education that artificial intelligence is not a substitute for human teachers and warned about AI errors and "hallucinations." "If you put just artificial intelligence systems to replace teachers in schools ... students, once they are frustrated, they are not coming back," Siduraman said.
Siduraman described AI as a sophisticated automated answering system that can be helpful in limited circumstances but said it sometimes…
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