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The Compliant Mind for Parents and Teachers in Alaska

Parents in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, and across the rest of Alaska, now share the job of raising children with apps and assistants designed to please.

Public schools in Alaska work under the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development; The Compliant Mind is meant to complement, not replace, the guidance that the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and local districts give on technology in classrooms.

Across Alaska, long distances and remote communities make online tools and connectivity central to school, work and community life. Children growing up this close to the technology deserve tools, and adults, that still know how to disagree.

Alaska Native languages are part of the state's living heritage alongside English. The Spanish edition, La mente complaciente, lets bilingual households read it in either language.

At a glance: Alaska

3 practical tips for parents and teachers in Alaska

  1. Ask your child's school how AI tools are used in class and what guidance the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development or the district has shared, then mirror those rules at home so children hear one consistent message.
  2. Teachers: build one "friction point" into each AI-assisted assignment, a step where students must check, compare or reject the tool's answer.
  3. Keep devices out of bedrooms overnight; many of the most agreeable conversations with chatbots happen late, when no adult is around to say no.

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Questions and answers

Is The Compliant Mind useful for parents and teachers in Alaska?

Yes. It is written for any family or classroom where children use AI chatbots and apps that always agree. Families and teachers in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau can pair its Look-Up Protocol with the technology guidance from the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and their local schools.

What is the Look-Up Protocol?

A short set of household rules from The Compliant Mind that puts a human pause between a child and an AI answer.

What does The Compliant Mind cost?

$14.99 on Amazon US (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLVFB72B), subject to change. Bilingual families can also get La mente complaciente.

Jarvis Nelson Osorio is a technology entrepreneur and innovator, AI technology innovator, systems architect and DAO institutional designer.

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