Openai CEO Sam Altman is worried that the kids aren't OK.
Altman spoke to Podcaster Theo von in an interview that aired Wednesday when asked how parents could prepare their children in their AI days.
Altman said what he really worries about is what psychological impact addictive social media platforms can give children.
“I'm worried about tech kids. I think this is a hit with this short video feed dopamine. I think it's probably a really deep way to mess with my child's brain development,” he said.
Altman's representative did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
In an interview with Von, Altman said he is more concerned about how older generations will adapt when it comes to AI.
Meanwhile, the younger generations are “it's fine,” Altman said.
“If you look at the history of the world here, when new technology exists, people who grow with it, they are always fluent. They are always thinking about what to do. They are always learning a new kind of work,” Altman said.
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“But if you're 50 and have to learn to do things in a very different way, that doesn't always work,” he added.
But that doesn't mean that AI doesn't affect young people.
On Tuesday, Altman said at a Federal Reserve banking event that young people rely on ChatGpt for decision-making.
“What's about collectively determining that we will lead our lives, just as AI says it's bad and dangerous, no matter how ChatGpt gives better advice than any human therapist,” says Altman.
Altman isn't the only one who spoke about the dangers raised to children by social media platforms.
Jonathan Haidt, professor at the NYU Stern Business School of School, told BI in January that the social media app is “severely damaging children in the Western world.” Haidt is best known for his book, The Ancient Generation, which claimed that social media and smartphones influence the scope of young people's attention.
“Falling human attention around the world may even cost more to humankind than the epidemic of mental health and mental illness,” Hyde said.
