# 美国富人为孩子选择AI私校：每年数万美元充当未经验证技术的测试者

- 来源：The Verge：AI（RSS）
- 作者：Terrence O’Brien
- 发布时间：2026-07-06 06:30
- AIHOT 分数：56
- AIHOT 链接：https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmr8dy0xz018vsl0dequv3neo
- 原文链接：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/961505/wealthy-ai-schools-alpha-forge-prep

## AI 摘要

美国部分富裕家庭放弃传统学校，转向Forge Prep和Alpha School等机构提供的AI辅导和项目制工作坊，每年支付数万美元让孩子充当未经验证技术的beta测试者。硅谷风投者Shawn Johnson计划送孩子入读每年7.5万美元的Alpha Kindergarten，声称传统教育已失效。然而，这些学校不公开绩效指标，无法证明AI教育改善了学习成果；Alpha School联合创始人MacKenzie Price还表示要回避“热点社会议题”，可能涵盖女权、奴隶制历史等。

## 正文

They’re paying tens of thousands of dollars for their children to be beta testers for unproven tech.

They’re paying tens of thousands of dollars for their children to be beta testers for unproven tech.

Most Americans don’t trust AI. It’s proven that it doesn’t know what safe toppings for pizza are. People don’t even want to listen to AI music. But none of that matters for some of America’s wealthy, who are turning to AI to teach their kids instead of traditional schools.

Companies like Forge Prep and Alpha School are charging families tens of thousands of dollars to turn their kids into beta testers for AI tutors and “interactive project-based workshops.” Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley have been major adopters of this new model. Shaun Johnson, a San Francisco-based venture capitalist, told The Wall Street Journal that he plans to send his son to a $75,000 year Alpha Kindergarten. He said, “We recognize that education is likely broken the way it is and there’s going to be entrepreneurs that try to fix it… You want someone to be able to think on their feet and navigate the world, not necessarily a recitation of facts in a particular discipline.”

Ignoring Johnson’s fundamental lack of understanding about modern pedagogy, it’s unclear how notoriously sycophantic AI will train children to “think on their feet and navigate the world.” It’s also concerning that Alpha School cofounder MacKenzie Price has said she plans to keep “hot-button social issues” out of the classroom. Which, in the current political climate, could cover women’s rights, America’s history of slavery, and our immigrant past. That might not seem like a major issue when you’re talking about kindergarten, but in some locations, Alpha School goes through high school.

Companies like Forge also don’t share performance metrics, so there’s no evidence that these AI-guided private schools are improving educational outcomes.

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