1984: Schools banned word processors and spell checkers because kids with Commodores, Apples, TRS-80s, and Ataris had an "unfair advantage."
2024: Same panic, different tech. Institutions freaking out over AI tools while missing the point—these are productivity multipliers, not cheating devices.
The pattern repeats: gatekeepers resist, students adapt, and eventually the tool becomes standard. Word processors didn't kill writing skills. AI won't kill thinking skills. It'll just separate those who leverage tools from those who don't.
History doesn't repeat, but it sure as hell rhymes.
2024: Same panic, different tech. Institutions freaking out over AI tools while missing the point—these are productivity multipliers, not cheating devices.
The pattern repeats: gatekeepers resist, students adapt, and eventually the tool becomes standard. Word processors didn't kill writing skills. AI won't kill thinking skills. It'll just separate those who leverage tools from those who don't.
History doesn't repeat, but it sure as hell rhymes.