Things we don't talk about

[Zincwarrior]

So focused on red/blue, we forget there are real events out there.
Daughter started grad school. She is a grad assistant with several undergrad classes. She was saying how when they get papers now, they have ready been scrubbed and scored for 1) % thats from quotes or cited (cool) and 2) % that is AI.
One students paper was likely AI.

That so cool! Tech advances and counter tech(armor) advances too.

What are yours?

 

[1srelluc]

I blew out my flip flop
Stepped on a pop top
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home

 

[Moonglow]

My youngest moved to Utah so I am without any kids in the home after 39 years...I have no pants on.

 

[Lastamender]

My youngest moved to Utah so I am without any kids in the home after 39 years...I have no pants on.

Don't worry, no one will notice.

 

[okfine]

Don't worry, no one will notice.

But you are

 

[whitehall]

Lately Americans have been keeping track of what their kids are learning in grammar school and high school but colleges are self perpetuating institutions and beyond criticism. Take the degree and run and hope you learned more than how to tap a beer keg.

 

[MarathonMike]

My wife in her profession does hearing tests on young children. She says over the last 20 years the number of kids she tests with autism has grown substantially. She used to see maybe one per week, now it's nearly one per day. What is causing the increase?

 

[braalian]

My wife in her profession does hearing tests on young children. She says over the last 20 years the number of kids she tests with autism has grown substantially. She used to see maybe one per week, now it's nearly one per day. What is causing the increase?

It was underdiagnosed in the past, plus children with disabilities were far less likely to attend school with “regular” kids. It was discouraged

 

[MarathonMike]

It was underdiagnosed in the past, plus children with disabilities were far less likely to attend school with “regular” kids. It was discouraged

That might be part of it, but she is seeing nearly 4 times the number of kids with autistic behaviors from 20 years ago.

 

[The Duke]

My wife in her profession does hearing tests on young children. She says over the last 20 years the number of kids she tests with autism has grown substantially. She used to see maybe one per week, now it's nearly one per day. What is causing the increase?

Probably drugs. I remember there being a couple of autistic kids when I was in school.

 

[braalian]

I still say it mostly because autistic kids used to be more excluded from “normal” school.

But, yes, something in the environment and modern life is a factor in the increase.

(And, no, it’s not vaccinations)

 

[The Duke]

I still say it mostly because autistic kids used to be more excluded from “normal” school.

But, yes, something in the environment and modern life is a factor in the increase.

(And, no, it’s not vaccinations)

They didn't give kids drugs when I was young.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Lately Americans have been keeping track of what their kids are learning in grammar school and high school but colleges are self perpetuating institutions and beyond criticism. Take the degree and run and hope you learned more than how to tap a beer keg.

The oldest is doing math equations that require supercomputer time to test.

 

[frigidweirdo]

My wife in her profession does hearing tests on young children. She says over the last 20 years the number of kids she tests with autism has grown substantially. She used to see maybe one per week, now it's nearly one per day. What is causing the increase?

Perhaps that autism is less of a stigma and people with autistic kids are more likely to take their kids out to do hearing tests???

Better testing, so kids are more likely to be found to be autistic?

Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder | CDC

About 1.7% of 8-year-old children in 11 communities in the US were identified with autism in 2014. See more autism data.

www.cdc.gov

2020 (for 8 year olds) it's 1 in 36.
2000 (for 8 year olds) it was 1 in 150.

Better testing? More kids with it?

Autism statistics and facts | Autism Speaks

Click here for autism and asd statistics and facts on the causes and prevalence of autism, associated medical conditions, economic costs and more.

www.autismspeaks.org

"These changes reflect an improvement in outreach, screening and de-stigmatization of autism diagnosis among minority communities."

 

[frigidweirdo]

So focused on red/blue, we forget there are real events out there.
Daughter started grad school. She is a grad assistant with several undergrad classes. She was saying how when they get papers now, they have ready been scrubbed and scored for 1) % thats from quotes or cited (cool) and 2) % that is AI.
One students paper was likely AI.

That so cool! Tech advances and counter tech(armor) advances too.

What are yours?

AI is going to be a huge challenge for the future. When I was in university it was all about plagiarism, and there was a program that had books and articles fed into it and they'd give you a score.

However AI is a challenge because:

How do you get people to think when computers will do it all?
Why will anyone care anyway when AIs are going to be taking a lot of jobs.
We're already seeing that menial workers are having their jobs taken very quickly, because we can program a computer to do their job very easily.
So what do we do with people who aren't able or willing to do anything better than a menial job?