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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days ago

AI chatbot kids’ toys are still an obviously terrible idea

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AI chatbot kids’ toys are still an obviously terrible idea

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days ago
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Cambridge University researchers looked into three- to five-year-old children and chatbot-based toys. [BBC] They tested a cuddly smiling cube called Gabbo, made by a company called Curio: It has be…

Sorry kid, life is rentware now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqpL3I7kVLU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260313-ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea - podcast

time: 5 min 01 sec

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    “I Always Do What Teddy Says,” Harry Harrison, 1965 (Internet Archive)

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    I’m just imagining how much trouble I’d get in while I was growing up if I had a Teddy Ruxpin that could do my homework for me and tell me how to build bombs.

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