S8 Ep681: Kevin Frazier addresses the disruptive potential of AI in childhood development, warning that early digital relationships can replace human mentors. He advocates for empowering parentsto manage these new family dynamics through education. (3)

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Kevin Frazier addresses the disruptive potential of AI in childhood development, warning that early digital relationships can replace human mentors. He advocates for empowering parentsto manage these new family dynamics through education. (3)
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0:00.0	This is John Batchel, conversation with colleague Kevin Fraser of the University of Texas Law School
0:06.0	about artificial intelligence and children and parents. And what is to be done about the anxiety,
0:13.7	the concern that AI is a representative of something that's not real, but for children who have make-believe friends
0:21.5	normally, AI becomes something that can be disruptive and disorderly in the family. So what is to be
0:30.6	done? Kevin has a recommendation. Parenting, parenting, parenting. Here's Kevin to explain more
0:36.5	of this later.
0:38.3	We're certainly seeing that there's a lot of concern about the relational aspect of AI.
0:43.3	And this is a particular concern for young Americans who may not have established healthy norms with mentors,
0:50.3	with their parents, with their teachers, and with their colleagues.
0:53.3	So to have some of their first pivotal relationships, quote-unquote relationships,
0:58.2	form with an AI does particularly raise some red flags.
1:02.1	And this is again why I think we really need to lean on empowering and educating American
1:07.7	parents about how and when to use AI.

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