I one hundred percent believe this and it matches my feelings, but I feel like I’d be a bad armchair statistician if I didn’t mention that maybe the well adjusted kids aren’t looking for an AI friend, and only the sad desperate ones are getting addicted.
I feel the same as you, and after reading the article, it doesn’t really prove the strong claims in the title. At least not as a factual conclusion. There is corelation, but the article points out that it is not causation.
“It’s unclear, based on these data, whether AI use is contributing to poor mental health and well-being, or whether students who are already in distress in certain ways are more likely to turn to AI,” Anderson said.
It’s ironic in a way, since one of the dangerous things that drives people to AI is how it confirms a person’s bias.
Regardless, once they follow that path, they’re not improving. I think that’s the point.
Yeah, people were saying the same thing about internet use in the aughts and we’re all here still and doing fine.
We’re doing fine?
Depends on one’s definition of “fine” .
Ah, okay, there’s a quote about that:
“It’s unclear, based on these data, whether AI use is contributing to poor mental health and well-being, or whether students who are already in distress in certain ways are more likely to turn to AI,” Anderson said.
Good, good.
Kids should not have access to the such things. In general they should stay away from the net for longer.
In my brief experience with LLMs they only tell you what you want to hear, maybe this is not the best for kids. Just saying.
It is quite terrible for everyone, not just kids
LLMs are pedophile groomers.
