What’s the most valid reason that we should be worried about destructive artificial intelligence?
I think that hundreds of years from now if people invent a technology that we haven’t heard of yet, maybe a computer could turn evil. But the future is so uncertain. I don’t know what’s going to happen five years from now. The reason I say that I don’t worry about AI turning evil is the same reason I don’t worry about overpopulation on Mars. Hundreds of years from now I hope we’ve colonized Mars. But we’ve never set foot on the planet so how can we productively worry about this problem now?
In this episode of the #maketechhuman podcast, host Matt Mira chats kids and tech with Molly Thornberg, founder of Digital Mom Blog (not to mention four kids); and Jeff Cole, director & CEO of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California, which has been studying Internet users around the world…
In this episode of the #maketechhuman podcast, host Matt Mira chats kids and tech with Molly Thornberg, founder of Digital Mom Blog (not to mention four kids); and Jeff Cole, director & CEO of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California, which has been studying Internet users around the world…
technology has evolved over a short period of time (Digital Mom aka Molly says that she saw this with what technology her 12 year old had when she was growing up and what her 4 year old son has now)
school – everything is on Google Drive (grades, missing assignments, events and so on)
Molly puts limit on technology use for her kids – after 8 pm everything should be off
kids are learning to multitask (girls are better than boys in that) – however, that does not prove yet that they will be better multitaskers in the future
parents have to give out more “demands” to the children to look after themselves – before: used to be not to talk to strangers, look at both sides of the road when crossing, now: be careful with that you put online, mind who you are sending your information to
children are getting better with accessing different sources of information, however, they are not that good yet with assessing the validity of those sources
tablets are everything (erasing boundaries in comparison with TV back in the days, when it was for entertainment purposes mainly) – homework, entertainment are both there, things that they need to do and things that they waste time on
with digital, the role of a parent is to watch what kids are doing, ask them, engage with them what is happening between them and technology
by jeff – technology is taking boring parts and leaving just the most interesting parts, giving people shorter attention span (started with MTV, where they have constant “breaks”)
reject all technology in early education (example in Silicon Valley) – social price that comes later on in kids’ life
digital divide – technology cost has gone away, everyone who wants to be online is online (in the US), no new users except from kids, adults are online, 12% who are non-users - aged over 65; new divides – people understanding technology
(jeff) medical authorities nothing less than 2 years old should not access technology
parents should watch what kids are doing / watching with technology – paying attention, watching, understanding
technology gives teenagers empowerment – teenage power gain with other people like teachers, doctors and etc. (so they seek for answers online and fight with those people)
online threats (cyberbullying, predators, pornography) – Molly – biggest concern, technology vs. reality, educating on all aspects of online danger – a must, transparent policy – we (parents) bought this, so we have access to everything, so they know what their kids are doing; Jeff – internet reflects the world, both best and worst parts of the world, parents understand that kids will see it so they have to prepare the kid for what is to come up on the internet
parenting is getting harder, now with technology coming into the picture
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