{"id":84831,"date":"2026-07-26T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84831"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T12:28:02","slug":"really-inappropriate-teachers-decry-plan-for-humanoid-robot-in-new-york-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/really-inappropriate-teachers-decry-plan-for-humanoid-robot-in-new-york-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Really Inappropriate\u2019: Teachers Decry Plan For Humanoid Robot In New York High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The Guardian:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b24b690481766c62dd187387fc844933e29afe5f\/0_0_6000_4000\/master\/6000.jpg?width=480&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Humanoid robot at electronics show\" width=\"207\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A humanoid robot is being introduced as part of a pilot program, along with an AI teaching assistant, at Salamanca high school in Salamanca, New York,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enchantedmountains.com\/community\/salamanca\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">located\u00a0<\/a>on the Allegany territory of the Seneca nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Teachers have criticized the program, deeming it \u201cinappropriate\u201d and claiming it dehumanizes the profession with the introduction of human-like robots. Some local Native American residents have also criticized the pilot program, citing its implementation as \u201cculturally tone deaf\u201d.\u00a0The robot, named Sally, was purchased by the Cattaraugus county school district \u2013 which includes Salamanca high school \u2013 for $57,590. According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Wr0ZN3Q1gI\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">presentation<\/a>\u00a0on the program, Sally will be a closed-loop system, but available virtually to students 24\/7 for those with access, and offers personalized learning options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Guardian: A humanoid robot is being introduced as part of a pilot program, along with an AI teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84833,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84831\/revisions\/84833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}