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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

Humanoid robot at electronics show
A Realbotix robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

A humanoid robot is being introduced as part of a pilot program, along with an AI teaching assistant, at Salamanca high school in Salamanca, New York, located on the Allegany territory of the Seneca nation.

Teachers have criticized the program, deeming it “inappropriate” and claiming it dehumanizes the profession with the introduction of human-like robots. Some local Native American residents have also criticized the pilot program, citing its implementation as “culturally tone deaf”.

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