▲ 163 ▼ Cambridge University Researchers: AI-powered toys that “talk” with young children should be more tightly regulated and carry new safety kitemarks (www.cam.ac.uk) submitted 8 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 37 points 8 months ago (1 child) Better to ban them entirely. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 29 points 8 months ago Could you imagine the trauma from your teddy that speaks to you like a person and at some point your parents throw it out because it's just a teddy and the kid needs to get over their 'imaginary friend'. Adults are having trouble with this. It's horrifying that they're forcing it on children permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 29 points 8 months ago Could you imagine the trauma from your teddy that speaks to you like a person and at some point your parents throw it out because it's just a teddy and the kid needs to get over their 'imaginary friend'. Adults are having trouble with this. It's horrifying that they're forcing it on children permalink fedilink source parent