Erin Mote is the founder and CEO of InnovateEDU, a nonprofit working on education technology, data interoperability and educational access. She co-founded Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School and works with the EDSAFE AI Alliance. Her career includes international broadband development and technology policy.
DI has documented statements by Erin Mote on Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Privacy. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: InnovateEDU founder and CEO; Forbes Councils contributor
Condemned
Statement summary
Mote opposes sweeping school AI bans, arguing that they leave poorer students without supervised opportunities to develop AI literacy. She calls for trained adult guidance, safety requirements and evidence of educational benefits.
“The call for AI moratoriums offers a false sense of security while actively stripping away opportunity from the students who need it most.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Erin Mote argues that school AI bans deepen unequal accessSigned Forbes Councils post; September 15, 7 a.m. EDT
Why we used this label
Mote condemns sweeping moratoria while calling for safety requirements and supervised use.
Microsoft and teachers’ unions promote enforceable school-AI safeguards. Fairplay’s Josh Golin wants a five-year pause, while New York City permits restricted high-school pilots. Critics of those pilots say they should wait for evidence and assessment criteria.
