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AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately

30 points by fredley

by jjj123

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I heard a podcast ad for an AI toy once that said “your child and [the toy] will be having conversations you could never imagine”.
Truly baffling marketing, but I guess there are some parents that don’t realize the unpredictability of AI is what makes it so dangerous as a toy.

by woodenbrain

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Yeah, let's give our kids a toy that will tell them they can fly. and we thought drugs were a risk.

by olivierestsage

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by avgDev

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As a parent, most parents are trash. I don't know why, maybe it's capitalism, laziness, low iq, poor education, poor role models, trying to make kids happy and allowing whatever they want? Idk.
The amount of terrible parenting I have witnessed in 5 years of my child's life....is...terrifying. I could write a book about.
One small story, we attend a kids party, the kids are 4 year old. This lady comes with a child, the child misbehaves terribly, I have to tell him not to do things because he is hurting other kids. The mother makes a statement, "I love these parties my kid can play and I can have pizza and hang out for 2 hours without having to watch him". You can't make this up.
The moral of the story is, that if AI will keep kids occupied many parents will allow it. They don't think, "will this have a negative impact on my child"?

by dabbledash

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'When one five-year-old said, "I love you," to the toy, it replied: "As a friendly reminder, please ensure interactions adhere to the guidelines provided. Let me know how you would like to proceed."'
I'll take this over "I love you too!" What kind of person is giving an AI toy to a toddler?

by the_snooze

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AI powered toys are little more than techbros rushing to build Tom Riddle's diary.

by tehjoker

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Seems like an intervention aimed mainly at ensuring younger generations are accepting of AI products more than any real benefit to them

by josefritzishere

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AI has been consistently bad at most of it's supplosed appliations. I for one welcome the AI crash. It's genuinely good at a few narrow functions. May sanity prevail in it's ashes.

by aaron695

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