Students given AI slop with misspelled state names, faulty table of elements, angering parents

Kentucky middle school parents are furious over instructional packets teachers assigned their kids that were filled with AI slop like misspelled state names and a faulty table of elements, according to a report.

The packet, handed out on the first day of class at Farnsley Middle School in Louisville, featured a US geography map with jaw-dropping flubs like Kentucky being mislabeled “Venecky” and Louisiana as “Lookoong,” according to local news station WDRB.

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She didn’t know what her son was talking about until she opened the material and was appalled by the lesson, according to WDRB.

“Arizona is Arizone. Illinois starts with a V. I mean, it’s crazy,” Morris said, adding that Texas was spelled “Taxas” and New Mexico was “New Mizone,” while Oklahoma was morphed into “Olkchoma.”

“We have to pay a $10 instructional fee every year to get this agenda,” Morris said. “But you’re making us pay for something you used AI for? That’s kind of silly, in my opinion.”

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The packet even featured entirely made-up territories. For instance, south of Vancouver – which was misspelled Venneouer – sat a region called “Beehie” bordering Washington State.

Morris told the outlet that she emailed the principal about the nonsensical material but never received a response.Farnsley Middle School’s instructional material featured a US map with flubs like Texas mislabeled as “Taxas” and Louisiana as “Lookoong.” WDRB

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After discovering the mishap, school administrators reportedly emailed teachers inquiring about the packet and advised they discard 17 pages of AI-generated material before handing them out to students.

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