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No need to do imaginary time travel, here's articles from almost 10 years ago with the exact same concerns about how Alex fosters rudeness in children: https:/

No need to do imaginary time travel, here's articles from almost 10 years ago with the exact same concerns about how Alex fosters rudeness in children: https://qz.com/701521/parents-are-worried-the-amazon-echo-is-conditioning-their-kids-to-be-rude https://qz.com/701521/parents-are-worried-the-amazon-echo-is... https://www.wsj.com/articles/alexa-dont-let-my-2-year-old-talk-to-you-that-way-1531229274 https://www.wsj.com/articles/alexa-dont-let-my-2-year-old-ta... Kids are social creatures, I don't think the interaction from AIs is going to be so overwhelming. At least looking back, I'd blame social media more for today's brain rot more than Alex like these articles feared.

rdtsc 1y ago
> Kids are social creatures, I don't think the interaction from AIs is going to be so overwhelming The problem is Alexa is a very basic and kids get bored with it. Chat based AI mimics human conversation a lot better and people will be spending a lot more time with it, using it for homework, relationship advice, therapy, as an imaginary friend, at work etc. I heard of cases of psychologists discussing conditions negatively reinforced by ChatGPT, can’t recall any such stories about Alexa or Siri for instance. Interacting so much with the system , it’s inevitable that humans will start to pick up its quirks.