What can parents do in the age of AI? A new book has ideas
<p>Artificial intelligence has the potential to alter the lifelong hardwiring of future generations if given to kids younger than 6, leaving them ill-equipped to navigate human relationships, sustain the attention required for learning and making it more difficult to develop empathy.</p><p>That assessment — found in Dr. Dana Suskind’s new book, “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI” — makes handwringing over screentime and social media look almost quaint in comparison.</p><p>In her third book, Dr.
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<p>Artificial intelligence has the potential to alter the lifelong hardwiring of future generations if given to kids younger than 6, leaving them ill-equipped to navigate human relationships, sustain the attention required for learning and making it more difficult to develop empathy.</p><p>That assessment — found in Dr. Dana Suskind’s new book, “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI” — makes handwringing over screentime and social media look almost quaint in comparison.</p><p>In her third book, Dr. Suskind outlines how these emerging technologies are disruptive to a developing brain and offers guidelines for parents on how to assess whether (or which ones) to allow their children to use.</p><p>AI shows up for this younger age group in cribs enhanced with technology to offer parents troves of sleep data; smart tutors to work on language development skills in preschools or digital read alouds for storytime; and plushie companions that can greet a child by name, tell bedtime stories, and "remember" facts about their "friend."</p><p>Suskind, professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago, and co-director at the TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health, has dedicated her career to child development and parenting.</p><p>When I talked to Suskind recently, I admitted right off the bat that I feel totally at sea about how to navigate AI as a parent. My gut instinct is to say, I don’t understand it, I don’t like it, and to run screaming from the room.
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What can parents do in the age of AI? A new book has ideas
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