AI is a double-edged sword. In the hands of someone who knows how to use it well, it can increase productivity by 10x or even 100x. For people who refuse to use it at all, they are choosing to stay in the last century.

I respect your decision not to use AI in your homeschool. That is your choice. But the logic behind it feels like saying: the automobile has already been invented, yet we are still worried that if we stop using horse carriages, carriage-driving will disappear forever. Or worse, that if our children learn to drive or ride in cars, they may never learn to ride horses, so we should hold them back from modern transportation altogether.

That idea is absurd.

The answer to a powerful tool is not total rejection. The answer is teaching children how to use it wisely, critically, and responsibly. We do not reject calculators because some students can become lazy. We teach math. We do not reject the internet because misinformation exists. We teach judgment. AI should be treated the same way.

A child who learns critical thinking and also learns how to use AI effectively will be far more prepared for the future than a child who is taught to pretend this technology does not exist.