A better take on computers and kids

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How to empower kids in schools to really use the tools of now. AI, CNC, robotics, programming, all integrated into the curriculum instead of firewalled into a speciality class. Starting in Kindergarten, like reading.  The “coding” push in the last few years was always a dead end, focused on job skills and quickly superseded by AI.  But the approach described here is about empowerment.

Contrast this with https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain/, which documents a thoroughly frustrated take on how (higher level) education is grappling with AI.  What are the institutions missing?

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