Should kids learn AI like a language? Discussing NYC’s K-8 ban, GPT-6 Astra, and Fable 5.1

NYC is putting a 1-year moratorium on AI in K-8 classrooms, so we debate what kids lose (or gain) when AI leaves the classroom and whether AI should be taught more like a language than a shortcut. Then we discuss new model news: Fable 5.1, the hype around GPT-6 Astra, and why “mannered prose” is making AI writing feel weirdly exhausting.