Josh Golin
Role at the time: Fairplay executive director
Condemned
Response to this claim
Schools should pause generative AI for five years while safety and educational benefits are assessed.
“Should student-facing AI products be used in schools at all?”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Josh Golin: Fairplay statement on the AFT/UFT deal with Microsoft · FairplayThreshold question on student-facing use; five-year pause and enforcement criticism
Golin credits privacy improvements but calls for a five-year pause on generative AI in schools, arguing that learning benefits, developmental risks and enforcement remain unresolved.
Why we used this label
Opposes student-facing deployment. Praise for privacy improvements does not alter the pause demand.