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senseandsensibility

(24,973 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:39 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP

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

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

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

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

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

The repubs Traildogbob Saturday #5

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

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

Zing!! littlemissmartypants Saturday #16

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

LOL leftstreet Saturday #25

"I love the poorly educated" struggle4progress Saturday #9

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

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

Maybe it served a dual purpose? senseandsensibility Saturday #12

Meh malaise Saturday #13

Just wait until the AI Robots unionize IronLionZion Saturday #14

How can they turn our children into automatons Mblaze Saturday #15

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

That's true 😀 Mblaze Saturday #21

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

You sure that's the purpose? johnp3907 Saturday #19

Yeah that'll work Javaman Saturday #20

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

She was demonstrating her replacement. LuvLoogie Saturday #24

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

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

Insane science PATRICK Sunday #28

Joinfortmill

(21,157 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:42 PM

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CoopersDad

(3,329 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:47 PM

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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

(16,409 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:04 PM

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Gang up and dismantle the teacher. Hack the teacher.

LOL

Wednesdays

(22,593 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:13 PM

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YepYep

(104 posts)

4. Whoa do they not remember the Covid shutdown?

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:07 PM

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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

(13,017 posts)

5. The repubs

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:09 PM

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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

(66,278 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

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mr715

(3,564 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

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littlemissmartypants

(33,578 posts)

16. Zing!!

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:37 PM

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hatrack

(64,878 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 PM

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You damn near killed me!!

leftstreet

(40,666 posts)

25. LOL

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:41 PM

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struggle4progress

(126,143 posts)

9. "I love the poorly educated"

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:30 PM

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Boomerproud

(9,291 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:35 PM

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Education is the great equalizer.

louis-t

(24,618 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:42 PM

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

senseandsensibility

(24,973 posts)

12. Maybe it served a dual purpose?

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:46 PM

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malaise

(296,076 posts)

13. Meh

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:48 PM

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

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)

14. Just wait until the AI Robots unionize

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:06 PM

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

Mblaze

(1,031 posts)

15. How can they turn our children into automatons

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:21 PM

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Unless they train them with automatons?

BattleRow

(2,449 posts)

18. Faux Noise turned a lot of folks into MAGATs

Reply to Mblaze (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:00 PM

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Without automatons...oh.wait...

Mblaze

(1,031 posts)

21. That's true 😀

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:56 PM

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MLWR

(1,024 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:56 PM

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johnp3907

(4,306 posts)

19. You sure that's the purpose?

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:12 PM

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

Javaman

(65,705 posts)

20. Yeah that'll work

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:43 PM

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🙄

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

hatrack

(64,878 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:58 PM

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LuvLoogie

(8,814 posts)

24. She was demonstrating her replacement.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:40 PM

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The 1st LADY 4.0

patphil

(9,065 posts)

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

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:48 PM

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OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)

27. This would be a education ender.

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:55 PM

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PATRICK

(12,396 posts)

28. Insane science

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:10 PM

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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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