Children’s media specialists are sounding the alarm over AI YouTube videos that are supposed to be “educational” but are harmful.

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    • Get a laptop with a disc drive. Do not enter a WiFi password into the laptop.
    • Get a library card.
    • Get an HDMI cable.
    • Check out DVDs at the library.
    • Play them at home.

    Ta da. 🎉 You have a way to entertain your kids, a reason to take them to the library, and a way to control what they’re watching.

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      This will work for maybe 2 years, until all the corporate kid shows lay off their writers and replace them with AI. And then those fill library shelves.

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      Are there no mobile apps available with human-curated collections of children’s videos?

      YouTube is not going to be a place where you’re going to have any reliable quality control. It’s literally (by design) videos uploaded by anyone on the Internet. That’s not by itself a problem, but the idea that it’s a good way to keep very small children entertained is definitely not one I would agree with.