My teen has already been through the hype cycle. Was super into chatbots…until they were not. My preteen has never been even tempted, thought it was stupid from the get-go. From the mouth of babes…!
This is verging onto old internet nostalgia, and while I agree with the sentiment and love the old internet… it was a trash fire.
And not safe.
Someone vividly this out to me recently, and then I looked though archives of old threads. I was a moron on the internet in the 2000s, more than I realized.
I guess what I’m saying is: yeah, the Big Tech grip seems bad. It is bad. But today’s kids will probably deal with it better than we expect, and whatever kids get into 20 years from now will be unspeakable, I’m sure.
I’m honestly more worried about boomers, who don’t seem to be adapting to this stuff unless they were already IT folks.
My teen has already been through the hype cycle. Was super into chatbots…until they were not. My preteen has never been even tempted, thought it was stupid from the get-go. From the mouth of babes…!
We don’t give kids enough credit.
I remember news bringing up similar stuff when I was young, or like existential worries over TikTok more recently.
But… kids are sharp. They’re adaptable. They often sniff out stupid trends faster than adults do, especially artifical ones like AI hype.
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I think kids are not resistent to addictive design, sadly.
This is verging onto old internet nostalgia, and while I agree with the sentiment and love the old internet… it was a trash fire.
And not safe.
Someone vividly this out to me recently, and then I looked though archives of old threads. I was a moron on the internet in the 2000s, more than I realized.
I guess what I’m saying is: yeah, the Big Tech grip seems bad. It is bad. But today’s kids will probably deal with it better than we expect, and whatever kids get into 20 years from now will be unspeakable, I’m sure.
I’m honestly more worried about boomers, who don’t seem to be adapting to this stuff unless they were already IT folks.
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You remind me of the babe