Same Work, Different Feedback: Melissa Warr on Hidden Bias in AI
Azadeh and Guy talk with Dr. Melissa Warr, assistant professor of educational design and learning technologies at New Mexico State University, about how AI can quietly reinforce inequity in classrooms. Melissa shares new findings comparing 2024 and 2026 models. AI scoring of identical student work has become less biased, but the written feedback has not. When the AI is told a student likes rap music instead of classical, it writes at a lower reading level, gives more direct instruction, and talks down to the student. This echoes schooling’s “hidden curriculum,” where some students are treated…
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