40 points johnny313 56 minutes ago 12 comments
gnabgib 54 minutes ago | parent
Discussion (51 points, 27 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50353192
ceejayoz 38 minutes ago | parent
That was originally this link. The mods changed it.
schaefer 38 minutes ago | parent
Now if only they would turn off their malicious ad network for these schools too...
Surac 36 minutes ago | parent
Best that can happen to the schools. There are other search engines too
piltdownman 29 minutes ago | parent
This is technically correct, but the inferral is Google forcing some kind of Faustian pact on the vulnerable.
Simply put, Google's Search and AI tools are now inextricably combined. If you opt-out of AI tooling, then by proxy you are opting out of what Google choses to provide as a 'Search' offering.
It's not a punitive measure, just the reality of a paradigm shift.
waffletower 27 minutes ago | parent
Why would schools even want search engines? Hell, they only need one book as well. I know, I know that freedom of religion thing in the U.S. constitution. I think they need to ban books altogether then. Go back to Socratic verbal learning. Crayons and pencils might dull the kids minds too. Definitely don't let them speak to machine demons that claim to know everything -- they might learn how to escape the techno-feudalism that is coming for them!