Is it a good idea to let a 16 yrs old use an AI assistant .i.e. chatgpt? - eviltoast

What are pros and cons of doing this? What impact it will have on the personality / mind of the person down the line after say 10 yrs?

  • bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Why would you want that?

    AI does not know things, it’s answers depend on the wording of the guestion. I guess it could be used if limited (teaching how to use it responsibly and showing how they make mistakes even in very simple situations)

    Much like a calculator both are more effective if you know what is happening so you can catch the mistakes and fix them

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        8 months ago

        If it doesn’t understand what it’s saying can you really say it knows it? It has access to a lot of training data so it can get many things correct, but it’s effectively just generating the most likely answer from the training data

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          8 months ago

          Well obviously it doesn’t “know” know, it’s not alive.

          We are all generating the most likely answer from the training data. But going back to the original question : what do you fear chatgpt would say that would be detrimental to a 16 year old?