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What AI Could Be Doing to Our Kids

What AI Could Be Doing to Our Kids

Good Inside with Dr. Becky vor 3 Monaten

Dr. Becky talks with former Wall Street Journal tech columnist Joanna Stern about AI toys, chatbot companions, creativity, learning, and the surprising role frustration plays in healthy human development.

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AI is getting better at sounding human. Better at conversation.
Better at reassurance. Better at knowing exactly what we want to
hear.

So what happens when our kids start building relationships with
machines designed to remove friction?

In this conversation, Dr. Becky talks with former Wall Street
Journal tech columnist Joanna Stern about AI toys, chatbot
companions, creativity, learning, and the surprising role
frustration plays in healthy human development.

Together, they explore why “helpful” technology can potentially
short-circuit the skills kids most need to build: patience,
resilience, independent thinking, and real connection.

Joanna also shares what happened when she spent time building a
relationship with an AI chatbot herself... and why it left her
more concerned about kids and companion bots than ever before.

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