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Kids go from curious to frustrated playing with AI-stuffed toys, UW study finds

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I 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

Poor 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.

ai is not the proper way to explore the world for kids

some might argue it is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age

I 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.

It 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.

Some also argue that not vaccinating kids is good for them. What's your point?

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3773077.3806142?download=...

Oh god.

One of the toys was named Grok. https://heycurio.com/product/grok

> 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

With an imagination a toy can say anything to a child. With AI I guess not.

> “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.

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