Children are forming emotional bonds with AI chatbots, report says

Discussion in 'AI Technologies' started by stapp, Jul 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM.

  1. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    https://www.neowin.net/news/children-are-forming-emotional-bonds-with-ai-chatbots-report-says/
     
  2. T-RHex

    T-RHex Registered Member

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    And so we get left behind by the next generations...

    I was listening to a psychologist who said that studies have shown that kids see phones as extensions of themselves, almost as part of their brain, and not like how we view them as tools to be used. AI will make (is making?) that even more so.
     
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