I caught my child using AI
I just caught my 9 year old using Google Al. She had only been using it off and on for about a week.
She talked to it about how to get along better with her little sisters, how to improve her swimming times after a swim meet, and then she used it to help her write fan fiction plotlines for her favorite book series.
I just had a long conversation with her about it, and she's devastated. She didn't know it had environmental impacts and she now fully understands how sycophantic and insidious it is. She's not in trouble, but she's aware we are not to use that again because we don't want her to lose her creativity.
Does anyone have any recommendations on other ways to help children understand the dangers of Al?
My child is extremely gifted, on the spectrum, tests at high levels for reading comprehension and math. She can understand complex topics quite well, but she struggles with emotional regulation. She and her siblings watch no YouTube or Tik Tok and we primarily read books, play board games, do sports, or write/draw/craft as entertainment.
I am horrified by how easy it was for her to slip into it with the "Al mode" offered on her Chrome home page. I can't figure out how to remove it, but she tells me the school computers do not have the Al mode option.
I'm quite shaken up by this. It makes me so mad that my kids have to grow up in a time where every search engine entices you into conversing with Al.