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by ChatGTP 1156 days ago
Sorry if this is a personal question, but why would you get a 9 year old into machine learning ?
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Fair question. She's very curious about all sorts of things and always wants to know how they work. I also assume she'll find out about ChatGPT in the next year or two, at school. I figure she will probably ask me about how chatbots work, whether they are actually smart, etc. So for now I've been keeping an eye out for explainers that would help her understand things as I've been learning myself.

Sorry if this is a personal question, but how did you choose your username?

Why not? Get them into a little bit of everything, and let them dig further into the topics that they find exciting.

Kids are just as capable as most adults (if not more). Give them a foot in the door and they have all the time in the world to build in that knowledge.