@bethanymarz
“Mommy, can I talk to my AI?”
My 5-year-old keeps asking me to talk to AI characters.
But giving a kid unfettered access to an AI doesn't feel like turning on a Disney movie. It feels like leaving her on a park bench next to a stranger.
Today I wrote a few reflections on some of the "AI companions for kids" conversations that have been happening among Big Tech.
I've been thinking about how we might co-create more parental guardrails in place around AI for kids. Specifically:
🔒 Background checks for bots
🎬 Content ratings for AI
👨👩👧 Parental onboarding tools
🧱 Constrained creativity before full access
📚 A shared language for AI dependency risks
Curious - what do you all think? Would you let your kid talk to an AI chatbot unsupervised?
https://hardmodefirst.xyz/mommy-can-i-talk-to-my-ai
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