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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good.

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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good.

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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health

Just as many kids are using AI for emotional support as they are as a homework tool, and the toll this has on their mental health seems grim.

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I want to know if it’s AI that’s the real problem here or the world in which we’re forcing kids to live.

My money’s on “both”.

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