Lauren WeinsteinHer daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs.
Gift Link: https://wapo.st/4scolDU (Washington Post)
The ServitorThe 5 mins I've spent on character.ai was enough to creep me out.
But seems like the lede should be "11 year old given unmonitored smartphone." If it wasn't AI it would be any of the other evils a kid can encounter. I notice they didn't consider taking the phone away.
@TheServitor Sorry, so very wrong. Studies show if you try take the phone away the kids get access to other phones. This is 100% on the evil AI companies, 0% on parents. Parents cannot be expected to deal with this. Do not drink the Kook-Aid.
Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩@lauren @TheServitor plus, taking phones away from kids, if normalised, will just lead to parents having even more control over their kids and treating them even more like property, and that's bad enough as it is
@freya @TheServitor Correct.
AdelieWhere is there a study on point here?
And the rest of this argument is facile. 100% on AI companies? Ok, now what?
In the meantime while we're waiting for the corporations who don't answer to you to I guess decide to stop making money or something parents are in fact responsible for some aspects of their children's behavior.
These aren't hammers. They're computers. If you don't know how to use them safely, put them down and walk away.
@adelie @lauren @TheServitor parents are responsible, yes, but that requires teaching your kids, not taking their phones away, I think
It _absolutely_ does. Part of that though is being involved enough to know when your kid isn't safe. Sometimes that means taking away the phone or better, controlling how it can be used.
It's exceedingly hard, fwiw
@adelie @lauren @TheServitor perhaps. but I've seen that go horribly wrong too many times to count. parents assuming they have unilateral rights