内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/961505/wealthy-ai-schools-alpha-forge-prep

内容总结：

美国富人转向AI教育：让孩子为未经验证的技术“当小白鼠”

尽管大多数美国人对人工智能持不信任态度——它分不清披萨上该放什么配料，人们甚至不愿听AI生成的音乐——但这并不妨碍部分富裕阶层另辟蹊径：他们正将孩子的教育从传统学校转向AI课堂。

这些家庭每年支付数万美元，让子女成为AI教育的“内测用户”。像Forge Prep和Alpha School这样的公司，正以高价向家长推销AI导师和“互动式项目工作坊”。硅谷精英自然是这一新模式的先行者。旧金山风险投资家肖恩·约翰逊计划将儿子送入年费高达7.5万美元的Alpha幼儿园，他表示：“我们意识到现有的教育模式可能已失灵，总会有创业者试图去解决它……我们希望孩子能随机应变、学会应对世界，而不是单纯背诵某个学科的史实。”

然而，专家质疑：以“迎合用户”著称的AI，如何培养孩子“随机应变”的能力？更令人担忧的是，Alpha School联合创始人麦肯齐·普莱斯声称，课堂将避开“敏感社会议题”。在当前政治环境下，这可能涵盖女性权利、美国奴隶制历史及移民传统——虽然幼儿园阶段影响不大，但该校课程实际覆盖至高中。

此外，Forge等公司并未公布任何学业表现数据，因此并无证据表明这些AI主导的私立学校能真正提升教育成果。

中文翻译：

大多数美国人不信任人工智能。事实证明，它连披萨上放什么安全配料都不知道。人们甚至不愿听AI创作的音乐。但这些对部分美国富人来说无关紧要——他们正转向用AI来教育子女，而非传统学校。

美国一些富人正让AI来教孩子
他们花费数万美元，让孩子成为未经验证技术的测试者。
这类项目由Forge Prep和Alpha School等公司提供，向家庭收取数万美元费用，让孩子充当AI导师及"互动项目式工作坊"的测试者。不出所料，硅谷已成为这种新模式的主要拥趸。旧金山风险投资家肖恩·约翰逊告诉《华尔街日报》，他计划让儿子就读每年学费7.5万美元的Alpha幼儿园。他说："我们意识到现有教育体系很可能已经失灵，会有企业家试图修复它……我们希望孩子能随机应变、驾驭世界，而非机械背诵某个学科的知识点。"

暂且不论约翰逊对现代教育学缺乏基本理解，也不清楚以谄媚著称的AI将如何训练孩子"随机应变、驾驭世界"。更令人担忧的是，Alpha学校联合创始人麦肯齐·普莱斯表示，她计划将"敏感社会议题"排除在课堂之外。在当前政治气候下，这可能会涵盖女性权利、美国奴隶制历史以及移民史。当谈及幼儿园阶段时，这或许不算重大问题，但Alpha学校在某些地区涵盖至高中阶段。

Forge等公司也未公开教学成果数据，因此没有证据表明这些AI主导的私立学校能提升教育产出。

英文来源：

Most Americans don’t trust AI. It’s proven that it doesn’t know what safe toppings for pizza are. People don’t even want to listen to AI music. But none of that matters for some of America’s wealthy, who are turning to AI to teach their kids instead of traditional schools.
Some of the nation’s rich are letting AI teach their kids
They’re paying tens of thousands of dollars for their children to be beta testers for unproven tech.
They’re paying tens of thousands of dollars for their children to be beta testers for unproven tech.
Companies like Forge Prep and Alpha School are charging families tens of thousands of dollars to turn their kids into beta testers for AI tutors and “interactive project-based workshops.” Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley have been major adopters of this new model. Shaun Johnson, a San Francisco-based venture capitalist, told the Wall Street Journal that he plans to send his son to a $75,000 year Alpha Kindergarten. He said, “We recognize that education is likely broken the way it is and there’s going to be entrepreneurs that try to fix it… You want someone to be able to think on their feet and navigate the world, not necessarily a recitation of facts in a particular discipline.”
Ignoring Johnson’s fundamental lack of understanding about modern pedagogy, it’s unclear how notoriously sycophantic AI will train children to “think on their feet and navigate the world.” It’s also concerning that Alpha School co-founder MacKenzie Price has said she plans to keep “hot-button social issues” out of the classroom. Which, in the current political climate, could cover women’s rights, America’s history of slavery, and our immigrant past. That might not seem like a major issue when you’re talking about kindergarten, but in some locations, Alpha School goes through high school.
Companies like Forge also don’t share performance metrics, so there’s no evidence that these AI-guided private schools are improving educational outcomes.