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this is a popular myth but never lines up with reality. studies pretty consistently find that kids are worse at understanding technology’s limitations. maybe b

• Vampiero 2y ago
  the studies may be flawed in that they look at the wrong age range. I'm sure many people on this site were born between 1990 and 2000. That generation knows how to use computers innately because they lived the most important part of the evolution of the consumer desktop as well as the transition that saw everything and everyone move to the internet. Before all the simplifications and streamlined UIs. Before all the assistants. Before every problem was already solved by someone else. I imagine that an AI-native generation will be the same, but with respect to AI.
  • zmgsabst 2y ago
    I’d argue the people born 1970-1990 are stronger at that than those born 1990-2000. I think you have the age range of people who wrote their own MySpace pages versus those in pre-structured gardens like Facebook slightly wrong.
• dartos 2y ago
  What studies? How long do they run for? I figured you’d at least need to study the same group for 10 years as they grow up to really tell. Obviously a 12 year old might not understand the limitations of a technology, but give that 12 year old 10 years of living with it and they’d be better than their parents.