Lila Byock
@lbyock.bsky.social
Writer of television, hater of Big Tech in schools
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Lila Byock
@lbyock.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Oooh your chatbot is becoming sentient and may pose a threat to humanity? Should we throw a party? Should we invite all your most gullible investors?
Schrödinger’s Air Force One
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Schrödinger’s Air Force One
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Students know what’s up. This sharp seventh grader raises the obvious question about what teacher use of AI implies for student usage.
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Students know what’s up. This sharp seventh grader raises the obvious question about what teacher use of AI implies for student usage.
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This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I do wish that the media would pick up on the harms of edtech too. We occasionally see it but the screen free phone ban groups won’t touch it- and that’s telling. The entire edtech ecosystem is surveillance and people need to know that. And refuse it. Schools are catalysts for data rights abuse
January 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I do wish that the media would pick up on the harms of edtech too. We occasionally see it but the screen free phone ban groups won’t touch it- and that’s telling. The entire edtech ecosystem is surveillance and people need to know that. And refuse it. Schools are catalysts for data rights abuse
To create future customers and to monetize children’s data.
US tech companies have long known that getting into schools is a great way to create future customers, going back to Apple’s efforts to get Macs in California schools decades ago.
January 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
To create future customers and to monetize children’s data.
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I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
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Last night I heard a man who’d fled the Salvadoran civil war describe ICE as a paramilitary army aligned with an authoritarian government, and I thought… oh.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Last night I heard a man who’d fled the Salvadoran civil war describe ICE as a paramilitary army aligned with an authoritarian government, and I thought… oh.
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that schools are using Grok as an AI tutor.
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that schools are using Grok as an AI tutor.
Top story on BBC vs top story on NYT:
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Top story on BBC vs top story on NYT:
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Rethinking Schools published my article about pushing back on some of the arguments made by those seeking to rush AI tools into schools.
Resisting AI Mania in Schools
A former English teacher takes on many of the arguments of AI promoters.
rethinkingschools.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Rethinking Schools published my article about pushing back on some of the arguments made by those seeking to rush AI tools into schools.
Trump’s foreign policy doctrine: Fyre Fest Destiny
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Trump’s foreign policy doctrine: Fyre Fest Destiny
With news of Grok generating csam on X, I’m once again asking @lausdsup.bsky.social to answer for the fact that LAUSD students are being exposed to sexually explicit AI slop at school.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
With news of Grok generating csam on X, I’m once again asking @lausdsup.bsky.social to answer for the fact that LAUSD students are being exposed to sexually explicit AI slop at school.
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The techbros producing AI products are not doing so responsibly.
The politicians funded by techbros are not regulating them responsibly.
But sure, the teachers can figure out how to get children to use it responsibly.
The politicians funded by techbros are not regulating them responsibly.
But sure, the teachers can figure out how to get children to use it responsibly.
Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't
Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The techbros producing AI products are not doing so responsibly.
The politicians funded by techbros are not regulating them responsibly.
But sure, the teachers can figure out how to get children to use it responsibly.
The politicians funded by techbros are not regulating them responsibly.
But sure, the teachers can figure out how to get children to use it responsibly.
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So much to say here but it's yet another reminder that it is kind of a sick joke to suggest that the kids can be taught to "use AI responsibly" when the adults are and can not.
'Do Not Look': Netizens Warn Grok's X Profile Is Saturated With AI-Generated Nude Images
Social media users are issuing an urgent plea to stay away from the official Grok account on X as the platform struggles to contain a surge of graphic, synthetic imagery.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
So much to say here but it's yet another reminder that it is kind of a sick joke to suggest that the kids can be taught to "use AI responsibly" when the adults are and can not.
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here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
wapo.st
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
oh no what will we do without Peter Thiel
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
oh no what will we do without Peter Thiel
If @whoweekly.bsky.social designed the LSATs
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If @whoweekly.bsky.social designed the LSATs
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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gat dammit
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
gat dammit
This entire story has the whiff of “Kash Patel writing antifa fan fiction with ChatGPT while zonked on cocaine.”
I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This entire story has the whiff of “Kash Patel writing antifa fan fiction with ChatGPT while zonked on cocaine.”
This is very good and also filled me with despair!! substack.com/@solarshades...
ADH (@solarshades)
This semester I tried teaching analog, grappled with the Great Literacy Crisis, and let my students lead the conversation enough to see how discontent they are with the always-online lives we’ve given...
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is very good and also filled me with despair!! substack.com/@solarshades...
Ah, the holiday season... a perfect time of year to stand paralyzed in front of the supermarket display, trying to decide which corporate gift card I can give to my kids' teachers while incurring the least severe moral injury.
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ah, the holiday season... a perfect time of year to stand paralyzed in front of the supermarket display, trying to decide which corporate gift card I can give to my kids' teachers while incurring the least severe moral injury.
Beep beep! The oxymoron truck is here!
December 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Beep beep! The oxymoron truck is here!