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Kids go from curious to frustrated playing with AI-stuffed toys, UW study finds
- onetokeoverthe 24d ago[dead]
- baoyudu 24d agoai is not the proper way to explore the world for kids
- mcc1ane 24d agosome might argue it is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age
- KineticLensman 24d agoI enjoyed The Diamond Age but the 'AI' is nothing like today's. The stories in Nell's primer are actually mediated by a human actor (not an AI), who becomes a mother figure for her.
- Junk_Collector 24d agoIt even goes so far as to call out the ones who were interfacing with AI as disadvantaged and manipulation of the advanced AI developed for the Chinese orphans led to the creation of the mouse army who were categorically trained to worship specific people as their leader which they otherwise had never known.
- unrented7977 24d agoSome also argue that not vaccinating kids is good for them. What's your point?
- nasretdinov 24d agoI must say I find my colleagues who use AI instead of answering the damn question equally frustrating, and unfortunately they're in another country so I can't throw them into the ocean
- pwdisswordfishq 24d agohttps://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3773077.3806142?download=true https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3773077.3806142?download=...
- kotaKat 24d agoOh god. One of the toys was named Grok. https://heycurio.com/product/grok https://heycurio.com/product/grok
- pwdisswordfishq 24d ago> children’s digital experiences are often shaped by persuasive and attention-capturing design strategies that make disengagement difficult, even when children express a desire to stop or take a break I mean, it's not like adult digital experiences are much better
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- HerAnt 24d agoPoor kids being exposed to that shit. As if it's not exhausting enough to deal with AI all day long as an adult using it for technical purposes just to stay relevant in this tech universe.
- aaron695 24d ago[dead]
- altcognito 24d ago> “I think it’s gonna destroy my dreams as a tiny kid,” another said. The child is talking about themselves in the third person? That's a little weird.
- natsucks 24d ago[dead]
- illwrks 24d agoWith an imagination a toy can say anything to a child. With AI I guess not.