alt Hacker News>This isn't 2007 anymore; we know what they can, have, and will do with such data.
So sounds like your objections are over data governance?
>again, they're paying 65k for this curriculum. I'd wager public school and 600 hours of private tutoring @100/hr (as a high ball) would work out much better
The problem with this setup is that you still have public school eating up 6-8 hours of your kid's time per day. If you add after school tutoring afterwards that doesn't leave a lot of free time. The value prop, at least according to one of the parents who has his kids there[1] is that you get through the standard curriculum stuff in a fraction of the time, so you can spend the rest of the time on whatever your kid's interested in.
[1] https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-review-alpha-school
>sounds like your objections are over data governance?
Primarily, yes. Teachers don't need the kind of oversight they employ, and any reasons for that are purely financial, not "to make sure they aren't distracted".
>still have public school eating up 6-8 hours of your kid's time per day.
Yes. And many parents call that a feature. We structured school times around when parents are expected to work.
It's hard to cut those hours without cutting worker hours or otherwise structuring schools to have longer recess periods. I'm fine with either, but AI doesn't really come into play there.
>so you can spend the rest of the time on whatever your kid's interested in.
And who's watching them? Works fine with one stay at home parent. Or even a private tutor being there in person. Not so much with a remote education.
I'm not against more free time. But this addresses none of the bigger reasons this hasn't been experimented with seriously.