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"The effects could be generationally skewed as well. Every AI Engineer parent we know of is already hacking together bedtime story generator apps for their kids
by RetroTechie 3y ago
"The effects could be generationally skewed as well. Every AI Engineer parent we know of is already hacking together bedtime story generator apps for their kids"
That's just sad.
From my childhood I remember a (big!) book called something like "1001 Tales from the Orient". Think Aladdin & the wonder lamp, and many stories from similar (ancient) sources. There were a few such books around the house. More fairytales than my sister's & my childhood lasted. Great bedtime stuff.
And then people would go for AI generated content? Which most likely draws from books like this. Or Disney stuff, which in turn draws from similar sources. But all mixed up in weird, non-traceable ways.
Why would you feed your kids such crap, when those originals are up for grabs, free or costing pennies?
Fairytales are fine as they are. They don't become better by mixing up in random ways like food colorants in a cake recipe!
- chrismatheson 3y agoAs a parent I have looked into this precisely because there is so much autogenerated crap. With some form of AI by my side I can author my own content to a (hopefully and subjectively) higher standard. I can tailor stories to my Childs life events or school curriculum, I can include characters based on real world friends, aquantences, pets etc. Im currently working on something along the lines of "Detective Rosies & faithful canine sidekick Rufus, the mystery of the broken lamp at grandmas" trying to use this type of stuff to help them feel closer to relations who live far away. Tools are all about how you use them.