Parents think they know how kids use AI. They don't
- Mar 19
- 1 min read
BBC — AI plays a huge role in the life of Isis Joseph's life. "I use it every day," she says. The 17-year-old 11th grade student in New York City uses it for homework. AI helps her decide where to eat and provides inspiration for her poetry. Sometimes, she even turns to it with questions about issues in her personal life.
"Parents may inflate AI as this very threatening thing", and of course, many of those concerns are valid, she says. "But I think AI is generally good."
Joseph illustrates a larger trend. There's a wide gap between how parents and teenagers feel about AI in the lives of children, according to a new pair of studies from the Pew Research Center and Common Sense Media, a children's advocacy group.
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