Richard Buery
Role at the time: CEO, Robin Hood Foundation; former NYC Deputy Mayor
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
Richard Buery, CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation and a former NYC deputy mayor, said a "blanket one-year AI ban, without exceptions, on all uses through middle school" is "not the right call," arguing it may block uses that help students.
“a blanket one-year AI ban, without exceptions, on all uses through middle school... not the right call”
Open source (opens in a new tab)What to know about NYC public schools' generative AI ban
Chalkbeat report including Richard Buery's pushback against NYC's blanket one-year AI ban.
Why we used this label
Buery challenges the premise that a blanket, exception-free ban is the right response, arguing it may block beneficial uses -- disputing the pause's design rather than defending or condemning AI use in schools outright.