Absent parents don't like ChatGPT parenting their kids

Know your kid. Will she cheat on her homework and delete the evidence, or will she learn from it?

It's a better teacher than a classroom teacher is, for a curious kid who wants to learn.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you are absolutely crazy for letting her keep it on her phone. No good can come of this.

What difference does it make. If you don’t have the app you can use a browser. Then you have to get into blocking websites, and good luck with that.

Best case is you teach her how to use it to learn. If she treat it as a on-call TA, she'll be in a far more advantageous position relative to her peers. Not using it is hopelessly naive.

I’m much more easy going than DCUM about screens. I think movies/TV/internet are basically just alternate form of media, and felt my kids could basically watch/use it as long as they did so responsibly, avoided problematic content, and fulfilled their responsibilities. My kids are grown now, but if they were in middle school, there is NO way I’d want them to use ChatGPT or other AIs. Even as an adult, I try to avoid AIs as much as possible.

Not only do they make it too convenient to use the AI to do their work instead of doing the work themselves, but the content AIs generate is toxic. Everyone’s knows by now that they are probe to hallucinations and their work product may be worthless, but far more dangerous (especially for teens who tend to be angsty and self-centered to begin with) is the fact that they’re designed to be echo chambers for the user, consequently affirming and magnifying their user’s worst inclinations while simultaneously reducing the likelihood of interaction with actual human beings who might provide a moderating influence. Who needs a flesh and blood friend, boyfriend, mentor, etc., who has annoying habits, gets on your nerves, tells you you’re wrong, judges you, etc., when you can custom order your ideal relationship.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you are absolutely crazy for letting her keep it on her phone. No good can come of this.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you are absolutely crazy for letting her keep it on her phone. No good can come of this.

Basically agree. The risks far outweigh whatever little good might come of it.

No, of course my MS kid doesn't have this.

What do you mean it can't be fought? Installing an app on my kid's iPhone requires me to log in with a different password and install the app. Set up the correct controls and clean up your kid's phone.

Yes, you are absolutely crazy for letting her keep it on her phone. No good can come of this.

My daughter has the app on her phone and while I thought it was for occasional searches or questions I now think she is using it for homework etc. and I am worried she will not actually be learning what she is supposed to. am I crazy to let her keep it on her phone? Do other parents ban it? Or monitor it? It seems like a battle that can’t be fought but am wondering what other parents do?