[ryanjshaw]

Do you have kids? My young child wants to "ask the AI" stuff all the time - which is a relief, because I'd much prefer that over giving them full Internet access until they're mature enough. AI is a huge accelerant for childhood learning.

[autoexec]

Either way you'd have to be watching what the kid was asking and making sure what they found was accurate and appropriate. I don't think I'd trust an AI trained on random crap found on the internet to teach my children unattended any more than I'd trust youtube's algorithm to feed them video suggestions all day without oversight.

Not only would I be risking my kids being exposed to things that were outright wrong or entirely inappropriate, but I'd also be missing the opportunity to discuss their questions and the answers with them, provide context, and learn new things myself in the process.

[AlecSchueler]

Sounds like school.

[autoexec]

Thankfully teachers don't usually get their degrees by reading social media posts and whatever else they happened to find on the internet. That said, you should absolutely be paying attention to what your kids are (and more importantly aren't) being taught in schools too.

[AlecSchueler]

They don't get their degrees that way, but they absolutely do use social media and have their views shaped by it. ChatGPT is also trained on a lot more than social media, you can be sure it's read a lot of scientific literature as well.

But yes, you're final point is the one I'm getting at: You should be actively monitoring and explaining what your child is being told whether it comes from a human or an LLM.