Jon Becker (@jonbecker.bsky.social)

I'm not trying to be a contrarian, but this bill is not bad. Schools are going to try to teach some form of AI, whether we like it or not. This bill says that the NSF Director "may" make funding available to IHEs and non-profits to research and develop ways to help teachers and students.

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