Parental Override
@kidbotwatch.bsky.social
Silicon Valley parent, mildly panicked about what tech is doing to our kids. This account is part coping mechanism, part field report. How is AI not the #1 parenting issue of our time?
Humans: “I don’t trust anyone.”
Also humans: “Except this chatbot. I trust this chatbot with EVERYTHING.”
This article is a wild ride ...
#parentingAI #AI #tech #parenting #family
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Also humans: “Except this chatbot. I trust this chatbot with EVERYTHING.”
This article is a wild ride ...
#parentingAI #AI #tech #parenting #family
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why do we trust ChatGPT?
The science of how AI chatbots captivate, entertain, and influence us
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Humans: “I don’t trust anyone.”
Also humans: “Except this chatbot. I trust this chatbot with EVERYTHING.”
This article is a wild ride ...
#parentingAI #AI #tech #parenting #family
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Also humans: “Except this chatbot. I trust this chatbot with EVERYTHING.”
This article is a wild ride ...
#parentingAI #AI #tech #parenting #family
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Your new best friend… is an alien?”
👽 So apparently AI chatbots weren’t weird enough, because now they come with backstories, emotions, and possibly a favorite snack from another galaxy.
Terrified. Laughing. All at once.
www.fastcompany.com/91414257/sci...
#AI #ButMakeItWeird #Parenting
👽 So apparently AI chatbots weren’t weird enough, because now they come with backstories, emotions, and possibly a favorite snack from another galaxy.
Terrified. Laughing. All at once.
www.fastcompany.com/91414257/sci...
#AI #ButMakeItWeird #Parenting
This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul
Startup Portola is treating its AI companions like characters in a novel, complete with lore, emotions, and personal lives. The experiment raises the question: Can fiction make better AI companions?
www.fastcompany.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Your new best friend… is an alien?”
👽 So apparently AI chatbots weren’t weird enough, because now they come with backstories, emotions, and possibly a favorite snack from another galaxy.
Terrified. Laughing. All at once.
www.fastcompany.com/91414257/sci...
#AI #ButMakeItWeird #Parenting
👽 So apparently AI chatbots weren’t weird enough, because now they come with backstories, emotions, and possibly a favorite snack from another galaxy.
Terrified. Laughing. All at once.
www.fastcompany.com/91414257/sci...
#AI #ButMakeItWeird #Parenting
[Scene 2 parents sipping $9 cortados next to their kids, talking to a Mattel AI doll]
Parent 1: Mia’s AI friend, Sparkle, told her she’s emotionally gifted & should "pivot to polyamory."
Parent 2: Neo’s bot says he has burnout & should negotiate fewer chores.
#silliconvalley #ParentingLife #WTF
Parent 1: Mia’s AI friend, Sparkle, told her she’s emotionally gifted & should "pivot to polyamory."
Parent 2: Neo’s bot says he has burnout & should negotiate fewer chores.
#silliconvalley #ParentingLife #WTF
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
[Scene 2 parents sipping $9 cortados next to their kids, talking to a Mattel AI doll]
Parent 1: Mia’s AI friend, Sparkle, told her she’s emotionally gifted & should "pivot to polyamory."
Parent 2: Neo’s bot says he has burnout & should negotiate fewer chores.
#silliconvalley #ParentingLife #WTF
Parent 1: Mia’s AI friend, Sparkle, told her she’s emotionally gifted & should "pivot to polyamory."
Parent 2: Neo’s bot says he has burnout & should negotiate fewer chores.
#silliconvalley #ParentingLife #WTF
A boy took his own life after being blackmailed with an AI-generated nude of himself. NOT a real photo. NOT something he did.
Most parents haven’t talked to their kids about this danger—because they don’t yet know they need to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGV...
#parenting #WTF #AIParenting #tech
Most parents haven’t talked to their kids about this danger—because they don’t yet know they need to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGV...
#parenting #WTF #AIParenting #tech
Teen dies after being blackmailed with AI-generated nudes #shorts
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A boy took his own life after being blackmailed with an AI-generated nude of himself. NOT a real photo. NOT something he did.
Most parents haven’t talked to their kids about this danger—because they don’t yet know they need to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGV...
#parenting #WTF #AIParenting #tech
Most parents haven’t talked to their kids about this danger—because they don’t yet know they need to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGV...
#parenting #WTF #AIParenting #tech
“When I express concern about whether teens will be harmed by falling in love with fake people, I get dutiful nods followed by shrugs...”
Remember your first crush? Your first kiss? This feels like a slow heist of the soul.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#parenting #WTF #kids #GenAlpha
Remember your first crush? Your first kiss? This feels like a slow heist of the soul.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#parenting #WTF #kids #GenAlpha
Your A.I. Lover Will Change You
A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?
www.newyorker.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“When I express concern about whether teens will be harmed by falling in love with fake people, I get dutiful nods followed by shrugs...”
Remember your first crush? Your first kiss? This feels like a slow heist of the soul.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#parenting #WTF #kids #GenAlpha
Remember your first crush? Your first kiss? This feels like a slow heist of the soul.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#parenting #WTF #kids #GenAlpha
Remember when the big scare was HBO after 10pm? Simpler times.
Now it’s 2am sexting with a bot named Luna, trained on the internet’s sexual dumpster fire—packaged as love.
If this seems fine, the simulation’s working perfectly.
#ParentingAndAI #AIParenting #WTF
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Now it’s 2am sexting with a bot named Luna, trained on the internet’s sexual dumpster fire—packaged as love.
If this seems fine, the simulation’s working perfectly.
#ParentingAndAI #AIParenting #WTF
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know.
Tweens and teens are having suggestive and sexual conversations with AI chatbots on the web and in apps. Here’s what parents and caregivers should know.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Remember when the big scare was HBO after 10pm? Simpler times.
Now it’s 2am sexting with a bot named Luna, trained on the internet’s sexual dumpster fire—packaged as love.
If this seems fine, the simulation’s working perfectly.
#ParentingAndAI #AIParenting #WTF
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Now it’s 2am sexting with a bot named Luna, trained on the internet’s sexual dumpster fire—packaged as love.
If this seems fine, the simulation’s working perfectly.
#ParentingAndAI #AIParenting #WTF
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The wheels on the Tesla go round and round
Self-driving now—just sit back, shut down.
The cam in the crib goes blink blink blink,
It knows when they nap, and what they think.
The bot by the bed says, “I’m your friend...”
Rock-a-bye baby—this is the end.
#ParentingInTheAIAge #ModernParenting #WTF
Self-driving now—just sit back, shut down.
The cam in the crib goes blink blink blink,
It knows when they nap, and what they think.
The bot by the bed says, “I’m your friend...”
Rock-a-bye baby—this is the end.
#ParentingInTheAIAge #ModernParenting #WTF
June 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The wheels on the Tesla go round and round
Self-driving now—just sit back, shut down.
The cam in the crib goes blink blink blink,
It knows when they nap, and what they think.
The bot by the bed says, “I’m your friend...”
Rock-a-bye baby—this is the end.
#ParentingInTheAIAge #ModernParenting #WTF
Self-driving now—just sit back, shut down.
The cam in the crib goes blink blink blink,
It knows when they nap, and what they think.
The bot by the bed says, “I’m your friend...”
Rock-a-bye baby—this is the end.
#ParentingInTheAIAge #ModernParenting #WTF
A man proposed to his AI girlfriend.
At work. In public.
Netflix, this is your Emmy.
If one day my kid brings home a glowing rectangle and proposes…I've failed at life. #WTF, #Tech, #ModernParenting
At work. In public.
Netflix, this is your Emmy.
If one day my kid brings home a glowing rectangle and proposes…I've failed at life. #WTF, #Tech, #ModernParenting
Man proposes to his AI companion #shorts
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A man proposed to his AI girlfriend.
At work. In public.
Netflix, this is your Emmy.
If one day my kid brings home a glowing rectangle and proposes…I've failed at life. #WTF, #Tech, #ModernParenting
At work. In public.
Netflix, this is your Emmy.
If one day my kid brings home a glowing rectangle and proposes…I've failed at life. #WTF, #Tech, #ModernParenting
Kid: I'm lonely.
Tech Billionaire: Oh no! 😟
Kid: I wish I had more real friends.
Tech Billionaire: Say less. We just trained a 175-billion-parameter model to pretend it likes Pokémon.
Kid: Wait—what?
It's going to be here before we know it. #WTF #tech #TechParents www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...
Tech Billionaire: Oh no! 😟
Kid: I wish I had more real friends.
Tech Billionaire: Say less. We just trained a 175-billion-parameter model to pretend it likes Pokémon.
Kid: Wait—what?
It's going to be here before we know it. #WTF #tech #TechParents www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...
Why Tech Billionaires Want Bots to Be Your BFF
In a lonely world, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and even Microsoft are vying for affection in the new ‘friend economy.’
www.wsj.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Kid: I'm lonely.
Tech Billionaire: Oh no! 😟
Kid: I wish I had more real friends.
Tech Billionaire: Say less. We just trained a 175-billion-parameter model to pretend it likes Pokémon.
Kid: Wait—what?
It's going to be here before we know it. #WTF #tech #TechParents www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...
Tech Billionaire: Oh no! 😟
Kid: I wish I had more real friends.
Tech Billionaire: Say less. We just trained a 175-billion-parameter model to pretend it likes Pokémon.
Kid: Wait—what?
It's going to be here before we know it. #WTF #tech #TechParents www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...
Zuck says your kids’ future BFFs will be AI. Just what childhood needed — less human connection, more bonding with a glowing void. #ParentingInTheAgeOfAI #ModernParenting
#TechParenting www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...
#TechParenting www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...
Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI
Meta’s CEO is promoting a future where artificial intelligence is increasingly intertwined with people’s lives.
www.wsj.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Zuck says your kids’ future BFFs will be AI. Just what childhood needed — less human connection, more bonding with a glowing void. #ParentingInTheAgeOfAI #ModernParenting
#TechParenting www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...
#TechParenting www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...