Nothing is as draconian as school uniforms. School uniforms don't solve the inequality problem at all as there are always other personal belongings where it can be demonstrated. That being said, any institution that decides what clothes someone else should or should not wear is deeply authoritarian. Of course, there may be certain scenarios where such authoritarianism is necessary. Schools however do not fit such scenarios.
UraniumBlazer
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Go on....
Trillium notes!!! It's a really really beautiful note taking application for linux!
Well.... they're definitely winning from the looks of it!
Yeah, just realized from reading other comments that I was doing this. I was clearly uninformed. Sorry 😓
Yeahhhh... As another commentator said, I was redefining AI, when it had been defined decades ago.... Whoops 😓
Also, thanks for linking Expert Systems! I clearly have a lot of interesting stuff to learn about in AI.
Oh, was not aware of this.... (It's also embarrassing considering that I'm a CS student. We haven't reached the AI credits yet, but still...). Anyway, thank you for the info! And yeah, the buzzwords part does indeed suck! Whenever I tried to learn more about the topic, I was indeed bombarded by the Elon Musk techbro spam on YouTube. But whatever, I don't have THAT long to get to these credits. Sooo wish me luck ;)
An intelligent system is a system that autonomously gathers information accessible to it, learns how to use this information to achieve its terminal goal and uses this skill. Does your prolog "AI" fit this description? Does it "write" its own logic? If yes, then it is intelligent. If no, then it is no different than some random non intelligent computer program.
Lol this is hilarious!!!
Sure, but learning and training is still a component, no? If something cannot learn how to solve problems autonomously, how is it intelligent?
I'm not a parent, but I graduated from highschool a few years back. Our school had compulsory uniforms. Clothes and general appearance are integral to one's personality. After I got out of high school, I had absolutely no dressing sense. I had no idea what clothes I liked, what styles I liked, what colors I liked n so on. School was my life. Outside school, I didn't hang out with my buddies outside of sports related activities. Hence, casual wear was an afterthought.
After I got out of school though, I began to explore and unlocked a part of my identity that had been forcefully locked away by school. Today, I don't buy any expensive or branded clothes at all. I choose my clothes based on their color and style. I'm not the show off type in any sphere of my life, because I wasn't raised that way. I was told "no" whenever it was necessary. You know... Parenting?
Don't your kids do their own laundry? Also, can't you say "no" to kids for that hypothetical expensive branded shirt?
Is it really worth stifling your kids' identity for convenience?