Alpha School charges $75,000 a year to replace human teachers with AI. But behind the glossy “AI is the future of learning” pitch are broken lesson plans, an illegally scraped Khan Academy curriculum, and surveillance software tracking students even when they’re at home in their pajamas (creepy).

Juan and Kate dig into the leaked documents behind Alpha School, the student data lelaks, and why figures like Joe Liemandt, Linda McMahon, and the Trump administration are promoting AI-run schools as the future of education.

🫟 CHAPTERS

00:00 The $75K AI School That Replaced Teachers

00:15 The Wild Claim: Kids Only Need 2 Hours of School

00:54 The Billionaire Funding Alpha School

01:33 The Surveillance Tech Behind the School: Bossware

02:17 Why Politicians Love This AI School

03:42 Paying $75K for AI Teachers

04:27 "Everything About School Is Obsolete Now"

05:08 When AI Teaches Kids Wrong Answers

06:11 Letting AI Review AI Lessons

07:14 The Khan Academy Scraping Scandal

08:30 The Surveillance System Watching Students

10:43 AI Cameras Tracking Student Behavior

12:10 The Massive Student Data Leak

13:40 Students Feeling Watched and Burned Out

15:00 The Real Endgame Behind AI Schools

17:00 A Textbook Example of AI Gone Wrong

🫟 ABOUT SLOP WORLD

Juan Faisal and Kate Cook plunge into the slop pile—AI news, cultural shifts, and the future’s endless curveballs. They’re not here to sanitize the mess; they’re here to wrestle with it, laugh at it, and find meaning where you least expect it.

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