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  • 1.  AI Chatbots Are Coming for Kids Under 13

    Posted Sun May 11, 2025 11:13 AM
    Edited by Matthew Giannelis Sun May 11, 2025 11:21 AM

    AI Chatbots for Kids? Here's What I'm Thinking as a Parent

    I'll be honest - when I first heard that AI chatbots were being made available to kids under 13, my gut reaction was a mix of curiosity and concern.

    On one hand, the tech enthusiast in me sees the potential. On the other, the parent in me hears alarm bells. Are we ready for our kids to start having conversations with artificial intelligence?



  • 2.  RE: AI Chatbots Are Coming for Kids Under 13

    Posted Mon May 12, 2025 04:18 PM
    Like most things, there will be a spectrum. From very valuable applications for Ai such as private tutoring, to something more base, such as security guard dogs to patrol large properties which are understaffed.

    There will also be abuse. Maybe an Ai app or two will invade privacy. Maybe a bot or two will gorilla crush a child’s arm accidentally during an interaction. There will be many possibilities. Like most things. A spectrum of overlapping scenarios.


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  • 3.  RE: AI Chatbots Are Coming for Kids Under 13

    Posted Tue May 13, 2025 10:58 AM

    I would want to understand the purpose, motivations, and biases of whoever is providing the chatbot as well as the data it's been trained on. You can imagine really useful applications like a chatbot to help teach math concepts and walk kids through how to do certain types of math problems. And there's less potential for bias in that type of application. As long as I knew and trusted the entity providing that chatbot, and/or had experimented with it myself, I think that would be ok. I'd be very cautious about allowing young kids to interact with AI chatbots where I don't have full knowledge of who is providing it and why, and I'd be cautious about chatbots that are just for entertainment purposes where there's likely a motivation to get the kid to interact with the AI as much as possible. There is too much potential for psychological manipulation, and too many people out there who want to manipulate kids (and adults!) for various reasons.



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    Deanna Brown
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  • 4.  RE: AI Chatbots Are Coming for Kids Under 13

    Posted Tue May 13, 2025 04:24 PM

    There must be previous talks. Telling them that artificial intelligence is that "ARTIFICIAL" is not the holy grail and can be wrong.

    On the other hand...

    The reality is that China is very advanced and children are studying topics related to that (programming, algorithms and their use, model training, etc.) :-)



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  • 5.  RE: AI Chatbots Are Coming for Kids Under 13

    Posted Wed May 14, 2025 10:17 AM
    Balancing Innovation and Responsibility in AI for Children
     
    المحتوى (Message):
     
    As exciting as AI innovation is, we must approach its integration into children's lives with extreme caution and responsibility.
     
    Children under 13 are in a critical stage of cognitive and emotional development. Exposing them to AI chatbots - especially those without strict ethical frameworks or verified educational purposes - can open doors to risks like misinformation, dependency, loss of critical thinking, and even manipulation.
     
    There is great potential in using AI to support learning (e.g., tutoring in math, reading, or language development), but this should happen in highly regulated environments where:
     
    Data is fully secured and not collected for marketing or behavioral profiling.
     
    The chatbot's purpose, training data, and response mechanisms are transparent.
     
    Parents and educators can supervise and customize the interaction.
     
    The AI respects children's rights and adapts ethically to their level of understanding.
     
     
    We must ask ourselves:
    Are we empowering kids to learn, or programming them to follow?
     
    Let's innovate - but let's also protect.



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    Mazen Ahmed Ali Hider
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