"He was not done telling the story that he wanted to tell, and I needed to do my chores, so I let him have the phone, recalled Josh, who lives in north-west Ohio. I thought he would finish the story and the phone would turn off. But when Josh returned to the living room two hours later, he found his child still happily chatting away with ChatGPT in voice mode."
"From radio and television to video games and tablets, new technology has long tantalized overstretched parents of preschool-age kids with the promise of entertainment and enrichment that does not require their direct oversight, even as it carried the hint of menace that accompanies any outside influence on the domestic sphere. A century ago, mothers in Arizona worried that radio programs were overstimulating, frightening and emotionally overwhelming for children; today's parents self-flagellate over screen time and social media."
A 40-year-old father gave his phone to his loquacious four-year-old, who then chatted with ChatGPT in voice mode for two hours, producing a transcript over 10,000 words. Generative AI chatbots powered by large language models can engage preschool children with personalized bedtime stories, conversations tailored to interests, and photorealistic images for kids who cannot read, write, or type. New technologies have historically promised entertainment and enrichment for overstretched parents while raising concerns about outside influence and overstimulation. The lifelike behavior of modern AI raises fresh parental uncertainty about benefits, oversight, and whether AI represents a fundamentally new category of influence in child development.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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