🤔 Will AI destroy childhood?

“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.” — Kailash Satyarthi

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• Will AI destroy childhood?

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Today, we’re pondering the place of ads and AI in the lives of children. To me it’s a chicken or egg. Is it the parent’s responsibility to de-platform kids or the platform’s responsibility?

Whatever you think, one or the other neither or both.

Things are getting interesting.

Roblox, a build your own world children’s game, is launching video ads and e-commerce. Retailers are even building plugin experiences for the platform.

I’m actually less concerned about the ads and more concerned with the personalization of the ads on impressionable minds. Ads are a revenue generation stream for most consumer businesses. But one needs to ask, were should the line be drawn when it comes to children?

Sad News

• Redbox is going to the great toy box in the sky.

• Mod Pizza was going bankrupt but some company bought them. There’s just better pizza experiences out there…may it should fail.

• AT&T customer lost more privacy because they just got hacked. I really should’ve stuck with Verizon.

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