AI chatbot kids’ toys are still an obviously terrible idea (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Sorry kid, life is rentware now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqpL3I7kVLU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260313-ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea - podcast

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[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

I'm just imagining how much trouble I'd get in while I was growing up if I had a Teddy Ruxpin that could do my homework for me and tell me how to build bombs.

[-] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

"I Always Do What Teddy Says," Harry Harrison, 1965 (Internet Archive)

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