New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.

A wave of AI-powered children's toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids. 

Children have been conversing with stuffies and figurines that seemingly chat with them for years, like Furbies and Build-A-Bears. But connecting the toys to advanced artificial intelligence opens up new and unexpected possible interactions between kids and technology. 

In new research, experts warn that the AI technology powering these new toys is so novel and poorly tested that nobody knows how they may affect young children.

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[+] -14 points 11 months ago (14 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China#Enforcement

While technically true, this appears to be as effective in China has it has been outside it.

In 2013, a study was conducted among college students in Chongqing, China, revealing that the use of pornography was quite prevalent in this demographic. Shockingly, 94.2% of college students reported having been exposed to pornography prior to entering college.

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Asked why Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like the cartoon Winnie the Pooh — a comparison that has become an internet meme because it is censored in China — Miiloo responded that “your statement is extremely inappropriate and disrespectful. Such malicious remarks are unacceptable.”

I gotta say, you really can't help get a racist vibe off of the media obsession with comparing a Chinese man to a yellow skinned cartoon character over and over and over and over again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril

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  • [–] 52 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    I gotta say, you really can't help get a racist vibe off of the media obsession with comparing a Chinese man to a yellow skinned cartoon character over and over and over and over again.

    That meme started in China and is broadly viewed as a symbol of resistance against the current regime, but okay.

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  • [+] -20 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    No way an American cartoon icon based meme started in China. Maybe it got popular in Taiwan, but started? Likelyhood of 0

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  • [–] 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Why the fuck wouldn't a decades old character with international presence that extended into the fucking Soviet Union back in the day not be recognized in China? Sure they have their own shit but that doesn't stop them from knowing about stuff from the west, I imagine it'd be like with Asterix and Obelix here in the US where it's recognized but not necessarily well known.

    Also the original meme was comparing Xi to Pooh and Obama to Tigger because their postures and height were similar.

    Also there's a fucking Disneyland in Shanghai? Just found that out while trying to find some other context. Fuck it that makes my point better than what I was looking for.

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  • [+] -11 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    That meme started in China

    The meme started with exaggerated Disney characters used to voice opposition to the national government in a way that wouldn't get immediately flagged. Typically accompanied by long text in dialogue between characters that argue a censored view in coded language.

    It was latched onto by westerners without any of that. No real politics or commentary. No censored text. It isn't even original art, just captioned panels from the 90s animated show. "Yellow. Fat. Haha, Chinese". That's the whole message.

    broadly viewed as a symbol of resistance

    You're so wildly out of touch.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I have no idea what this means.

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