Kids go from curious to frustrated playing with AI-stuffed toys, UW study finds(www.geekwire.com)
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  • HerAnt3 hours ago
    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.

  • nasretdinov5 hours ago
    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
  • altcognitoan hour 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.

  • baoyudu6 hours ago
    ai is not the proper way to explore the world for kids
    • mcc1ane4 hours ago
      some might argue it is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age
      • KineticLensman2 hours ago
        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.
        • Junk_Collector33 minutes ago
          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.
      • unrented7977an hour ago
        Some also argue that not vaccinating kids is good for them. What's your point?
  • pwdisswordfishq5 hours ago
    https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3773077.3806142?download=...
    • pwdisswordfishq5 hours 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

    • kotaKat5 hours ago
      Oh god.

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

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