Raising Pilots: A Parenting Guidebook for the Age of AI
Raising Pilots is a series of essays that serve as a strategic field guide for parents navigating the uncertainty of the AI age, offering a blueprint to shift your child from a passive ‘Passenger’ of technology, to an active ‘Pilot’ of their own intent. We distill complex research into actionable habits that cultivate the curiosity, discernment, and agency your child needs to thrive alongside intelligent machines.
Raising Pilots: A Parenting Guidebook for the Age of AI
The Homework Is Done. But The Learning Didn’t Happen.
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This article explores the troubling phenomenon of students completing homework assignments quickly, often through the use of AI tools, without engaging in meaningful learning. It discusses a study from MIT’s Media Lab that highlights the cognitive consequences of relying on AI, revealing that students using AI had diminished neural engagement and struggled to recall information from their own work. The piece encourages parents to recognize the difference between completing homework and actual learning.