I understand this anger comes from a place of privilege because my district has resources. As far as I've seen, this kind of gaming only comes from parents who are well to do. So maybe it's not common everywhere, but it's super common anywhere there is monetary stability

It's probably a losing battle to be selective, but that doesn't mean that I can't be angry about people who cheat the system so their child can have it easier when I just want my child to have the same difficulty as the other typical kids.

School budget are not infinite. And usually I am team "give it to everyone" but not education, since to learn requires a certain level of struggle. All accommodations for all children is great for those who need it, but is actively harmful for those who don't selective is key in probably only this

Here is article. People claim invisible disabilities that they likely carry from grade school to get real advantages and perks like a private room (real perk at Stanford). Not being called on in class, extra time, removed or extended deadlines. They're a small fraction of offers, but kids want them

There are whole Facebook groups I've seen dedicated to both helping kids like mine and also helping kids who absolutely don't need it get "help" aka advantages. Who doesn't want their kid to have more one on one instruction?

If you are severe no problem. I was blind and deaf at my kid's age, no one was gonna deny me. My kid zones out, self-harms, goes mute, and internally implodes. No problem as far as thr school is concerned, they won't even legally give her asd or adhd despite double confirmed medical diagnosis

In grade school? Therapies, and literally any form of help that requires extra staffing. They say "oh every kid gets help!" But in reality there's only so many kids they can take witj the budget they have so if your kid is mild and you can't make the case, you end up paying for these things

"Most" however there are some that absolutely do help. And all you need is 1 to make people angle for it. This is to day nothing of grade school. Fun fact 40% of kids at Stanford need a disability assistance. That's 5 times the occurrence for the age group. I'm sure that's all 100% legitimate🙄

These supports are a massive advantage for typical children and anyone who has the means is going to go for it when the bar in education is basically "are you willing to yell a lot about it?" Outside of education, you're correct. I don't disclose because it's such a disadvantage.

It's really only an issue with well off parents who have the time, but it's so frustrating for me because I have to fight and fight to prove my kid needs help and someone who knows the system/pays someone just doesn't have this issue at all.

Except that's totally not true in the case of education. There is so much doctor shopping to get your kid to qualify for help another kid actually needs. Like my kid, who is audhd. Resources are limited, so now people have to decide if my kid gets a slot of someone who has great paperwork gets it.

I think so. When I saw steam family launch I knew Valve was targeting families. Me and my kid have never gotten along better than when she had her own steam account I could apply parental controls to.

ChatGPT isn't anywhere near market dominance where they can rely on brand power alone. Users don't care what AI thing they use. Anyone is capable of eating their lunch and we're already seeing the beginning of diversification in AI product use.

Docs a neat funnel into Google's actual business which us advertising. OpenAI is calling AI its business. Good luck with trying to sell ads when it's competing against Google and others more entrenched in the market with a product anyone can replicate. That's what is meant by they have no moat

Tell that Microsoft's Office suite. It's a juggernaut in the corporate space (usually legacy companies), but everyone else is using google docs. Because it's free. It's not as good, but it's goos enough. That's OpenAI in the near future, except they don't have multiple revenue streams to on fall on

Nothing beats free. That's why google docs ate Microsoft Word's lunch. Google didn't bother selling Word and anyone who hangs onto the idea of selling an AI model is not going to be a business in the long run. It's too easy to spin these things up. The open models are good enough for most.

All you need is one guy in your city willing to charge 10% less and it's gone. There is no moat anything can pop up. AI coops. Hobbiests who offer it for fun. Companies rolling their own internally. If it's something you only need a little know-how to do, it's not a viable business.

It probably would have been effective if we didn't kneecap the electoral college by capping it. In the original version, a lot of states would have a loud voice and it would be way harder to bribe enough reps to get your way

This is in my local Kroger in GA