When artificial intelligence technology becomes part of daily life, Teenagers turn To chatbots to get advice, guidance and conversation. Appeal is clear: patient chatbots, they never judge, supportive and always available.
Experts who are worried about experts who say that the prosperous artificial intelligence industry is not largely organized and that many parents have no idea how their children use artificial intelligence tools or the extent of personal information they share with Chatbots.
New search More than 70 % of American adolescents appear who have used artificial intelligence comrades and more than half speaking with them regularly. The study by logical media focused on “artificial intelligence comrades”, such as the character. AI, Nomi and Replika, which you know as “friends or digital personalities you can send or talk to whenever you want”, opposite AI or tools like ChatGPT, although he notes that it can be used in the same way.
It is important for parents to understand technology. Experts suggest some things that parents can do to help protect their children:
Start a conversation, without a judgment, says Michael Rob, a major researcher at Common Sense Media. He approached your teenager curiously and basic questions: “Have you heard about artificial intelligence comrades?” “Do you use applications that talk to you like a friend?” Listen and understand what appeals to your teenager before rejection or saying that you are concerned about it.
– Helping teenagers realize that artificial intelligence comrades are programmed to be acceptable and verify. Explain that this is not the way real relationships work and that real friends in their views can help move in difficult situations in ways that artificial intelligence comrades cannot.
“One of the really worries is not only what is happening on the screen, but how long children take away from relations in real life,” says Mitch Bernstein, head of psychology at the American Psychology Association. “We need to teach children that this is a form of entertainment. It is not real, and it is really important to distinguish from reality and they should not replace relationships in your actual life.”
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Parents should monitor the signs of unhealthy attachments.
“If your teenager prefers artificial intelligence intelligence over real relationships or spending hours speaking to the comrades of artificial intelligence, or show that they are emotionally lucky when they are separated – these are patterns indicating that artificial intelligence comrades may be replaced instead of completing human communication,” says Rob.
Parents can set rules on the use of artificial intelligence, just as they do for screen time and social media. You can conduct discussions about when and how artificial intelligence tools can be used and cannot be used. Many artificial intelligence comrades are designed to use adults and can simulate the scenarios of romantic romantic and playing roles.
Although artificial intelligence comrades may feel support, children must understand that the tools are not equipped to deal with a real crisis or provide real support for mental health. If children suffer from depression, anxiety, feeling lonely, eating disorder, or other mental health challenges, they need human support – whether it is a family, friends or mental health profession.
– Get a flag. The more parents know about artificial intelligence, the better. “I don’t think people get what artificial intelligence can do, and the number of adolescents who use it and why it started getting a little frightening,” says Bernstein, one of the experts, says many experts who claim regulations to ensure safety handrails for children. “Many of us throw our hands and say,” I don’t know what this! “This looks crazy! Unfortunately, this tells children if you have a problem with this, do not come to me because I will reduce and reduce it.”
Old teenagers have advice, too, for parents and children. Ganesh Nair, 18, says that the prohibition of artificial intelligence tools is not a solution because technology has become everywhere.
“Trying not to use artificial intelligence like trying not to use social media today,” says Nair, who tries to back away from the use of artificial intelligence comrades after seeing. “The best way you can try to organize is to embrace the challenge.”
“Anything is difficult, it can make artificial intelligence easy. But this is a problem,” says Nair. “I actively search for challenges, whether academic or personal. If you fall into the idea of the easiest better, you are the most vulnerable to absorption in this newly artificial world.”
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