How AI chatbots and AI assistants will impact kids

[@zemtek420]

Seen you on PBS terra and had to look ya up.

[@gregcoxtho2]

It’s such better technology, imagining toy play as a child to be this engaging and intelligent is incredible but also very scary.

[@sineadbovell9699]

Exactly! The creativity it will unlock for kids is going to be beyond anything we can imagine. But we have to really guide this technology well and be proactive about the risks

[@nobitsapothecary]

As a long-time teacher, I'm excited for what AI and VR can bring to learning. I'm also terrified of the idea that the message can be biased, incorrect or filtered. Love your videos. Thanks!

[@MarcAndrewII]

How do you envision VR helping with teaching?

[@ralphc417]

So when, like you've said previously, that ai is built with some level of biases, a social media embedded chatbot would be essentially incentivised to keep a "conversation" with a child for example, for as long as possible? Even say, through "verbal" manipulation?

[@roisinbovell7401]

This is an important point. Adult supervision while children use these apps to prevent the child from over reliance on an app would be crucial. However, not every child has access to adult supervision in the home.

[@ralphc417]

Yeah, like a reverse bot. Instead of purposely and automatically creating an argument in a comment section to draw out confrontational emotion and up engagement, chatbots could do the same but with agenda driven positive 'talk' learned through each conversation. Could be dangerous in an addiction sense, especially for children.

[@josanneb5193]

Excellent discussion on this, Sinead :)

[@sineadbovell9699]

thank you so much