I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI
THE SO WHAT
Households are becoming de facto AI deployment environments, with parents forced into the role of safety officer and curriculum designer. If you build consumer AI, assume your real buyer is a time-poor parent managing tradeoffs between convenience, learning, and dependency — design controls and defaults accordingly.
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