A school district has purchased a second artificial-intelligence system to determine whether its first artificial-intelligence system is wrong.
The first system was introduced last month to save teachers time by reviewing student work, identifying academic concerns, and producing feedback nobody had to write.
It immediately flagged the Declaration of Independence for possible AI use and praised a blank document for demonstrating strong restraint.
District officials called the results an important learning opportunity for the technology.
The new system, AI #2, will now monitor AI #1, evaluate its conclusions, and generate a color-coded dashboard explaining why educators should not be alarmed.
“Human judgment remains essential,” one fictional administrator said. “That is why teachers will review every decision made by both machines.”
The district emphasized that the additional review will not create extra work. Teachers can complete it during the time AI was supposed to save them.
If the two systems disagree, the matter will be sent to an Artificial Intelligence Reconciliation Committee consisting of six administrators, two consultants, and the teacher who already knew the answer.
The committee will meet monthly to develop an implementation framework for purchasing AI #3.
Teachers may override a machine's decision, but only after completing the six-hour online module Understanding Your Human Bias Against Incorrect Results.
Parents will receive immediate notifications through a new app whenever the systems reach different conclusions. The app will direct them to a portal where no additional information is available.
One student asked whether a person could simply read the paper.
His question was flagged as resistance to innovation.
Officials stressed that artificial intelligence will never replace teachers.
It will simply make enough mistakes that teachers no longer have time to teach.
