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AI assistants are becoming so prevalent and advanced that one day, instead of parents saying “Go ask your mother,” they’ll be saying, “Go ask Alexa.”
It must be a bit odd for a young child growing up with an AI assistant like Siri or Alexa or Cortana. There’s essentially another authority figure in your house that has no face and is never too tired to help with homework or play games. Even with parental controls, a child can’t begin to understand this humanoid robot servant that seems to both know everything and nothing at the same time.
So it’s not entirely surprising to hear that having an omnipresent robot voice around may not be ideal for children. According to a study by researchers at the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine, AI assistants may negatively impact a kid’s cognitive and social development. There’s a shock.
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