Cambridge University Researchers: AI-powered toys that “talk” with young children should be more tightly regulated and carry new safety kitemarks

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-toys-study-play

163 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world

10 Comments

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 40 pts · 146d (1 reply)

Better to ban them entirely.

JayTreeman@fedia.io · 30 pts · 146d

Could you imagine the trauma from your teddy that speaks to you like a person and at some point your parents throw it out because it's just a teddy and the kid needs to get over their 'imaginary friend'.

Adults are having trouble with this. It's horrifying that they're forcing it on children

HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 146d

How about no to AI in toys all together. My kid doesn't need a fucking chatbot, that's what the therapists are for.

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 146d

Better Idea, Ban AI altogether.

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 145d

These should not exist.

The data privacy and ethical issues alone should be a non starter.

Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 146d

There was an article yesterday moaning about how restricting access to kids "infringed on their right to receive information"

I missed my chance not telling them to fuck right off

architect@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 146d

Grimes is involved with one of these that has a spaceship named Grok and we are, apparently, supposed to ignore that coincidence.

muhyb@programming.dev · 2 pts · 146d

I'm not from TNT Radio but that's something El Presidente would use.

zephiriz@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 146d

Anyone remember the demonic Furby.

https://youtu.be/IihNhU8Oz8Y

ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 146d

Bring back Teddy Ruxpin with tapes!!!

arcine@jlai.lu · 0 pts · 146d
[ removed ]