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senseandsensibility

(25,003 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:39 PM Mar 28

I guess I missed this, but the purpose of Melania Trump's walking with a robot

was to promote the idea of robots as educators. I know that Rs will do anything to break teachers' unions and privatize schools so they can grift off the government funding. But this is a new one.

I tuned out that spectacle a couple of days ago as I do with almost everything done by MT or her husband. But Randy Weingarten was just on MSNOW and explained that that was the gist of it. And she said that the LAST thing today's school children need is a roboticized teacher. And I agree as a former teacher.

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I guess I missed this, but the purpose of Melania Trump's walking with a robot (Original Post) senseandsensibility Mar 28 OP

Are they nuts? Of course, why do I ask? Joinfortmill Mar 28 #1

The institution is largely designed to spit out indoctrinated graduates. CoopersDad Mar 28 #2

I can see the 1st day of freshman year mercuryblues Mar 28 #3

Won't happen. See reply #5. nt Wednesdays Mar 28 #6

Whoa do they not remember the Covid shutdown? YepYep Mar 28 #4

The repubs Traildogbob Mar 28 #5

The words "Melania Trump" and "educator" should NEVER co-exist in such a manner. flvegan Mar 28 #7

It was an experiment to see if AI robots can feel despair. mr715 Mar 28 #8

Zing!! littlemissmartypants Mar 28 #16

Just about choked on a chip when I read that . . hatrack Mar 28 #23

LOL leftstreet Mar 28 #25

"I love the poorly educated" struggle4progress Mar 28 #9

Public education has been set up to fail by the powers that be for one reason. Boomerproud Mar 28 #10

I thought maybe it was to prove that she wasn't one. louis-t Mar 28 #11

Maybe it served a dual purpose? senseandsensibility Mar 28 #12

Meh malaise Mar 28 #13

Just wait until the AI Robots unionize IronLionZion Mar 28 #14

How can they turn our children into automatons Mblaze Mar 28 #15

Faux Noise turned a lot of folks into MAGATs BattleRow Mar 28 #18

That's true 😀 Mblaze Mar 28 #21

Anyone who is "influenced" by Melanoma in any way needs to have his/her head examined. MLWR Mar 28 #17

You sure that's the purpose? johnp3907 Mar 28 #19

Yeah that'll work Javaman Mar 28 #20

I thought it was an effort to humanize Melania . . . hatrack Mar 28 #22

She was demonstrating her replacement. LuvLoogie Mar 28 #24

Nothing motivates a student to learn like an uncaring, unthinking, unfeeling machine teaching them. patphil Mar 28 #26

This would be a education ender. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 28 #27

Insane science PATRICK Sunday #28

Joinfortmill

(21,200 posts)

1. Are they nuts? Of course, why do I ask?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:42 PM

Mar 28

CoopersDad

(3,340 posts)

2. The institution is largely designed to spit out indoctrinated graduates.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:47 PM

Mar 28

To keep out the influence of empathetic or critical thinking human instructors, robots can be preloaded to provide identical instruction to each learner, no matter what age or locations.

If you want a docile subservient brainwashed population, robot teachers are the way to get there.

Former teacher and administrator in the California public education system.

mercuryblues

(16,432 posts)

3. I can see the 1st day of freshman year

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:04 PM

Mar 28

Gang up and dismantle the teacher. Hack the teacher.

LOL

Wednesdays

(22,640 posts)

6. Won't happen. See reply #5. nt

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:13 PM

Mar 28

YepYep

(104 posts)

4. Whoa do they not remember the Covid shutdown?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:07 PM

Mar 28

Th kids would log into the zoom call and then play games. Or they would put up a wallpaper and walk away. Call the parents, they wouldn’t answer, either at work or somewhere else. The student that wants to learn , deals with a teacher who doesn’t care. A teacher who looks for correct data. Having a bad day? Did not eat breakfast because I’d reasons Teacher doesn’t care.

Traildogbob

(13,032 posts)

5. The repubs

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:09 PM

Mar 28

Would then make sure all the robots are armed. None of those WOKE teachers that will not carry into their classroom. What could go wrong?

flvegan

(66,295 posts)

7. The words "Melania Trump" and "educator" should NEVER co-exist in such a manner.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:16 PM

Mar 28

mr715

(3,578 posts)

8. It was an experiment to see if AI robots can feel despair.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:17 PM

Mar 28

littlemissmartypants

(33,778 posts)

16. Zing!!

Reply to mr715 (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:37 PM

Mar 28

hatrack

(64,915 posts)

23. Just about choked on a chip when I read that . .

Reply to mr715 (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 PM

Mar 28

You damn near killed me!!

leftstreet

(40,765 posts)

25. LOL

Reply to mr715 (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:41 PM

Mar 28

struggle4progress

(126,218 posts)

9. "I love the poorly educated"

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:30 PM

Mar 28

Boomerproud

(9,299 posts)

10. Public education has been set up to fail by the powers that be for one reason.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:35 PM

Mar 28

Education is the great equalizer.

louis-t

(24,624 posts)

11. I thought maybe it was to prove that she wasn't one.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:42 PM

Mar 28

You know, put them side by side to show she isn't as stiff as the artificial life form.

senseandsensibility

(25,003 posts)

12. Maybe it served a dual purpose?

Reply to louis-t (Reply #11)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:46 PM

Mar 28

malaise

(296,265 posts)

13. Meh

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:48 PM

Mar 28

It was a pathetic response to the spectacular robot display in Shanghai.

IronLionZion

(51,305 posts)

14. Just wait until the AI Robots unionize

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:06 PM

Mar 28

then we're all going to get it. FAFO.

Mblaze

(1,050 posts)

15. How can they turn our children into automatons

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:21 PM

Mar 28

Unless they train them with automatons?

BattleRow

(2,463 posts)

18. Faux Noise turned a lot of folks into MAGATs

Reply to Mblaze (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:00 PM

Mar 28

Without automatons...oh.wait...

Mblaze

(1,050 posts)

21. That's true 😀

Reply to BattleRow (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:56 PM

Mar 28

MLWR

(1,029 posts)

17. Anyone who is "influenced" by Melanoma in any way needs to have his/her head examined.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:56 PM

Mar 28

johnp3907

(4,312 posts)

19. You sure that's the purpose?

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:12 PM

Mar 28

I think it was to see if anyone could tell which one was supposedly a human being.

Javaman

(65,738 posts)

20. Yeah that'll work

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:43 PM

Mar 28

🙄

Most would be dismantled before the end of its first day in a real school

hatrack

(64,915 posts)

22. I thought it was an effort to humanize Melania . . .

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:58 PM

Mar 28

LuvLoogie

(8,818 posts)

24. She was demonstrating her replacement.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:40 PM

Mar 28

The 1st LADY 4.0

patphil

(9,085 posts)

26. Nothing motivates a student to learn like an uncaring, unthinking, unfeeling machine teaching them.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:48 PM

Mar 28

OAITW r.2.0

(32,187 posts)

27. This would be a education ender.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:55 PM

Mar 28

PATRICK

(12,397 posts)

28. Insane science

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:10 PM

Sunday

Waste of tech on a robotized supple body just so it can staple book reports in a human body fashion? They recently showed a full robot turning packages to barcode that was totally unnecessary since a (rejected) set of mechanical pincers can do the same automated job, ignoring that real world details make too much mechanization extremely expensive and impractical, and, as with AI, leaving a lot of slop to clean up for humans. The Bushes tried to launder and educational company with dumbed down crap, a scheme where they make America pay to cookie cutter more Bush intellectual pygmies.

Our low bar hope is this is only an absurd scheme to siphon off initial investment in the fake junk like buying housing plots on Mars.

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