'Alexa, Tell Me a Joke': How Talking to AI Impacts Young Children's Development

'Alexa, tell me a joke': How talking to AI impacts young children's development

Children are innately curious, and throughout any given day they come up with all manner of questions: Why don't fish have hair? Why do flowers wilt so quickly? Their need to understand the world—and develop their language skills and ideas—makes them tireless conversationalists.

‘Alexa, tell me a joke’: how talking to AI impacts young children’s development

Sharomka/ShutterstockChildren are innately curious, and throughout any given day they come up with all manner of questions: Why don’t fish have hair? Why do flowers wilt so quickly? Their need to understand the world – and develop their language skills and ideas – makes them tireless conversationalists. While their inquiries would usually be directed at parents or teachers, in modern homes even the youngest kids might now talk to a digital inter…

‘Alexa, tell me a joke’: how talking to AI impacts young children’s development - Stuff South Africa

Children are innately curious, and throughout any given day, they come up with all manner of questions: Why don’t fish have hair? Why do flowers wilt so quickly? Their need to understand the world – and develop their language skills and ideas – makes them tireless conversationalists. While their inquiries would usually be directed at parents or teachers, in modern homes, even the youngest kids might now talk to a digital interface like Siri or A…