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AI Will Destroy History Education

Academic content will be a controlled, whitewashed, vanilla version of the past

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AI (Artificial Intelligence) will determine what historical knowledge is commonly available for review by all but the most dedicated researchers. Whoever controls the dominating AI programs will dictate what the public sees, learns, and ultimately believes. Only individuals with the ability to access primary documents, peer-reviewed journals, and books written by actual academics will have the tools to analyze the truth of the past.

We are living in a world where the message matters more than actual facts. The state of Florida is essentially banning all classroom and library books until a trained media specialist approves the content. Other states will soon follow suit. When famous works of literature are on the chopping block, history books will be equally scrutinized.

History education will further decline when artificial intelligence writes the textbooks

Textbooks are a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Applied Educational Systems (AES), Americans spend 7 to 10 billion dollars annually on textbooks, including college-level…