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I've seen my niece (we she was just under 4yo, she's now 5) open her dad's YouTube app on Android phone and hit the voice button and shout "Pepa pig" to find wh

by 627467 9y ago

I've seen my niece (we she was just under 4yo, she's now 5) open her dad's YouTube app on Android phone and hit the voice button and shout "Pepa pig" to find what she wants. We were shocked to see it. She's Spanish native. And she was not as fluent at her own native tongue as some other kinds her age. Her parents don't know how to use voice. No one around her does. I only use it for setting alarms and never _in front of anyone_ (I'm self conscious about it).

sidlls 9y ago
On the other hand I've got kids near that age, was born before 1980, and I cheerily use voice commands and many other technology artifacts of the day just the same as I'd do any other thing in a given social context, and much better than my kids (thanks to the benefit of having lived a number of years and the experience gained from that). I'm not sure why anyone is shocked to see someone using modern technology that's made available to them. How do you figure humans learn? We build on what was learnt before, which requires a degree of familiarity.
- 627467 9y ago
  I agree with your questions. In this particular case I doubt she has seen anyone use that particular technology. But I guess she has seen her family use whatsapp audio message all the time and established the analogy herself when she saw the "mic" icon on youtube. It is also a testament of the ease of use of some of this tools.
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- DrScump 9y ago
  At what age can one really understand the downside of their body of queries, sites visited, videos viewed, facial images (often geocoded) etc. being stored, analyzed, and profiled with the goal of productizing them? It's a bell that can't be unrung, and it's at least as invasive and pervasive as what Orwell envisioned... but most participate voluntarily.
  - sidlls 9y ago
    I'm of the view that the best we can do is restrict the information available to these companies, and only to the extent we can control it directly, and only to the extent that one can tolerate various disadvantages in so doing. For example I don't upload images of any photos I take from my smartphone and I don't use social networks at all. However my spouse does, my friends do, and they all refer to me and pictures of me they've taken and there is nothing I can do to stop it. I can ask them to not do that and to minimize it if they must do it anyway but that's the extent of my control as far as that goes. I could be completely disconnected from the internet, but my view is the disadvantages there, due to the aggregate mass populace's use of it, are too much for me to tolerate. So I use a popular browser and engage in various online activities.
freehunter 9y ago
I don't know if that's a sign of her generation not being ashamed of using voice commands in public as much as it is a sign that kids have no sense of shame. I may be proven wrong as the years go on, but it's hard to make predictions about the future of a 4 year old.

by 627467 9y ago

sidlls 9y ago

On the other hand I've got kids near that age, was born before 1980, and I cheerily use voice commands and many other technology artifacts of the day just the same as I'd do any other thing in a given social context, and much better than my kids (thanks to the benefit of having lived a number of years and the experience gained from that). I'm not sure why anyone is shocked to see someone using modern technology that's made available to them. How do you figure humans learn? We build on what was learnt before, which requires a degree of familiarity.

627467 9y ago
I agree with your questions. In this particular case I doubt she has seen anyone use that particular technology. But I guess she has seen her family use whatsapp audio message all the time and established the analogy herself when she saw the "mic" icon on youtube. It is also a testament of the ease of use of some of this tools.
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DrScump 9y ago
At what age can one really understand the downside of their body of queries, sites visited, videos viewed, facial images (often geocoded) etc. being stored, analyzed, and profiled with the goal of productizing them? It's a bell that can't be unrung, and it's at least as invasive and pervasive as what Orwell envisioned... but most participate voluntarily.
- sidlls 9y ago
  I'm of the view that the best we can do is restrict the information available to these companies, and only to the extent we can control it directly, and only to the extent that one can tolerate various disadvantages in so doing. For example I don't upload images of any photos I take from my smartphone and I don't use social networks at all. However my spouse does, my friends do, and they all refer to me and pictures of me they've taken and there is nothing I can do to stop it. I can ask them to not do that and to minimize it if they must do it anyway but that's the extent of my control as far as that goes. I could be completely disconnected from the internet, but my view is the disadvantages there, due to the aggregate mass populace's use of it, are too much for me to tolerate. So I use a popular browser and engage in various online activities.

freehunter 9y ago

I don't know if that's a sign of her generation not being ashamed of using voice commands in public as much as it is a sign that kids have no sense of shame. I may be proven wrong as the years go on, but it's hard to make predictions about the future of a 4 year old.