Privacy

AI weapon detection violates a student’s right to privacy. Parents, lawmakers, and school officials need to think twice before implementing these or similar programs in their schools. Currently, parents and students are selling their privacy for the illusion of security. We all lose if those privacy rights are lost. 

To uphold the ideals laid down in the Bill of Rights centuries ago, we must stop data fishing expeditions, whether the databases are created by private entities or the government.

Thomas Sowell famously said, “There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs.” This quote seems appropriate considering the $3 million contract for AI weapon detection in schools. So, what are the trade-offs?