AI could hit kids ‘like a freight train’: common-sense media chief

Jim Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, said AI will have a big impact on children.

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AI technology will become a “huge issue” in children’s lives, a representative of a children’s nonprofit told CNN.
Jim Steyer told the network that AI will transform children’s education.
Parents need to familiarize themselves with AI platforms to manage their use in their children’s lives.

Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, a non-profit research and advocacy organization focused on children and families, says AI is developing so rapidly that it won’t be the next generation. He said it would hit hard.

“ChatGPT and AI will be running down the tracks like freight trains.

AI will change the way children are educated by allowing them to write essays and do research much more quickly than they can with current search engines, he told news outlets. Parents also need to get used and comfortable with it to be able to manage the use of ChatGPT and other AI platforms in their children’s lives, he said.

“Parents are very concerned that their children may cheat with this product or become too dependent on it instead of doing their own work,” Steyer told CNN. ‘ said. “So as major new AI platforms like ChatGPT come into mass use, we need to make sure schools have clear rules for how they are being used. I have.”

Steyer’s comments come amid a broader debate about the impact of AI on all aspects of society following the rapid adoption of OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot.

And Steyer isn’t the only leader concerned about the impact of AI on children.

Elon Musk also expressed uncertainty on Tuesday about how AI will affect the careers of children.

In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber, Musk said, “If AI can do things better than humans, how can we find meaning in life? , it might just demotivate,” he said.

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX told his children (he is known to have nine children), Follow their hearts as to what is going on, and try to be as helpful to the rest of the people as possible.” society. “

Common Sense Media did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment outside of normal business hours.