Maybe because factory workers are paid by the hour?

Keep in mind, before the change, they couldn't get people to sign up. In other words, they considered flexibility to be *more* important than full-time work. That's how I read the story.

I don't know. If this were true, why did the factories struggle to get people to sign up when they offered only full-time jobs, and now that they offer a-la-carte shifts, people are jumping at the chance? If it were really such a bad thing, people wouldn't be showing up.

That's not how I defined it, and you know it.

If your AP classes didn't involve more homework than regular classes, you were lucky.

I would propose a school day that's about as long as a work day, like 8-5 or something like that. My high school actually had a schedule like this. Each class was 90 minutes, allowing time for both lecture and practice work. Classes were scheduled more like college classes, some 2, 3, or 4 days a week. Class periods included sports and electives. It actually worked really well.

Oh my, that's a lot of stereotypes in a single post!

First, I have a BS in Computer Science. My ACT and GRE scores were at the 90th percentile. I've had a very successful career. I believe Trump is the worst president we've had in my lifetime, if not ever. Putin is an evil dictator who deserves prison.

Now, what stereotype can you come back with?

You mistook my meaning. I think it's great that teachers now have AI tools to help them do their jobs more efficiently.

As a programmer, I too see that AI makes a lot of mistakes. But it still helps me save time.

Would you say that AI helps you save time, overall, despite its mistakes?

What I'm saying about AP classes is that often, they aren't actually more advanced, they're just the same material, plus more homework. If there are exceptions to this, that's great, and I suspect there are. But I've seen this pattern in multiple school districts, AP students who are burned out because of the endless homework without any actual "advanced" material.

What extra working hours are you talking about? Teachers routinely take *their* work home too, grading papers until late at night. If students are spending class time doing their work, some of that time can be used by the teacher to do things they would otherwise have to do at home in the evening.

Yes, of course I'm an AI. I used to tell my kids I was an alien, but nowadays, AI seems more fun.

The fact that this situation occurs, and that given a large number of vehicles, will occur to several of them in a day, doesn't make it *not* an edge case. All edge cases may occur, and given a large enough number of operations, will occur with some frequency.

I actually think it's a great boon for teachers, who tend to be chronically overworked.

No, teachers shouldn't completely turn over grading to AI, but there's no harm in using it as an assist, just like we programmers do with code (and code reviews).

A lot of human drivers struggle with emergency situations too, such as the officer who was killed by a truck the a few days ago while directing traffic around an emergency situation. https://www.houstonpublicmedia... That truck driver was *human*.

I drive to work, church, and shopping numerous times a week. I live in Houston, where traffic problems are legendary. But it's been quite some time since I came across an emergency situation in progress.

Yes, it is important for self-driving cars to be able to handle emergency situations. But not an edge case? I think that's a bit of a strong statement.

I don't disagree with the value of practice. I disagree with the *quantity* of practice imposed on students. Much of that practice can be accomplished during class time. If school hours aren't long enough to allow this, why not make school hours longer! This would solve other problems as well, such as making it easier for parents to have jobs while their kids are in school.

The quantity of homework has gone up significantly since I grew up in the 1970s. We used to have a few scattered homework assignments. Certainly not hours of work every night. Are students really that much better educated today than they were back then? I don't really see the evidence.

All the teachers use AI now to grade papers. Seem like turnabout is fair play!

AI is too easy to use, when the work is done at home. And I say, good riddance. Homework has for decades been a substitute for learning. AP classes aren't actually "advanced" they just require more homework. If AI kills all those extra hours of busywork, that's a good thing. Exercises and essays and workbooks can be done in school.