The city’s embrace of artificial intelligence in public schools could irreparably harm students, dumbing them down and leaving them dependent on the tech , critics warned. Parents and educators generated a blizzard of more than 6,000 comments during a 45-day feedback period that ended Friday on the Department of Education’s AI plan — with many terrified the system is nowhere near ready for AI in the classrooms. “We reject the DOE’s sham 45 day process and inadequate, cramped survey for what is clearly a foregone conclusion to embrace big tech at the expense of our students,” said advocacy group Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. Experts are worried what AI will do to young minds in NYC schools.…