Jenny, I wholeheartedly agree with your post. That’s why I started my passion project aiPTO. Part of the solution that is often overlooked & under-resourced is parents. Resources around AI & Tech revolves around workplace & classrooms. The first & core human connections are at home. Yet, parents are not equipped to have meaningful conversations & guide their kids around Tech. I developed a TALK & THINK about AI frameworks for parents so they can have something simple & actionable at home.
The point you make here about doubling down on the measurable things instead of making time and space for the intangibles really rings true for me. I'm getting better as my kids get older and I worry less about all the things that could go wrong, but it makes me think that we're often doing the opposite of what our kids need to have well-being. I also agree that schools and parents need to play a bigger role in preparing kids to understand both the promise and the limits of AI, but I think it's a real challenge given how quickly this technology is changing and how unfamiliar it is to those of us above the age of say, 20. There's so much we have to do to get up to speed on this new technology, and there are few people who really understand it who are not also evangelists for these products. I hope that will change in the coming months/years.
Totally agree. The technical skills are so important. But with smartphones, young people figured those out so fast without most of us realizing what was being lost. Now we are clawing back - trying to regain attention, and build for human connection. It's a both, and! Thank you as always for your super thoughtful comments. I find myself looking for them!
Jenny, I wholeheartedly agree with your post. That’s why I started my passion project aiPTO. Part of the solution that is often overlooked & under-resourced is parents. Resources around AI & Tech revolves around workplace & classrooms. The first & core human connections are at home. Yet, parents are not equipped to have meaningful conversations & guide their kids around Tech. I developed a TALK & THINK about AI frameworks for parents so they can have something simple & actionable at home.
https://www.aiparenttech.com/p/from-moms-heart-to-ai-smart-aipto?r=3xg0dj
The point you make here about doubling down on the measurable things instead of making time and space for the intangibles really rings true for me. I'm getting better as my kids get older and I worry less about all the things that could go wrong, but it makes me think that we're often doing the opposite of what our kids need to have well-being. I also agree that schools and parents need to play a bigger role in preparing kids to understand both the promise and the limits of AI, but I think it's a real challenge given how quickly this technology is changing and how unfamiliar it is to those of us above the age of say, 20. There's so much we have to do to get up to speed on this new technology, and there are few people who really understand it who are not also evangelists for these products. I hope that will change in the coming months/years.
Totally agree. The technical skills are so important. But with smartphones, young people figured those out so fast without most of us realizing what was being lost. Now we are clawing back - trying to regain attention, and build for human connection. It's a both, and! Thank you as always for your super thoughtful comments. I find myself looking for them!