Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us? | Dave Schilling
Tech companies offer eye-movement trackers, personalized podcasts and âoptimized nap predictionsâ. Who actually needs this? What job in our world is less lucrative than being
Tech companies offer eye-movement trackers, personalized podcasts and âoptimized nap predictionsâ. Who actually needs this? What job in our world is less lucrative than being a parent? A Hollywood internship? Volunteering at a soup kitchen? Professional writer? Parenting is the only job you have to pay money to do.
Lots of money. Lodging, clothes, food, school, PokĂ©mon cards â it really adds up. And itâs getting worse. According to the tech industry, I have to strap my drooling offspring to a computer in order to ensure the babyâs survival. Parents are being offered life-altering advancements in artificial intelligence that purport to make this taxing endeavor a tiny bit easier.
OpenAI is suggesting its latest products can make child-rearing more efficient: its boss, Sam Altman, suggests generating a podcast about your kidâs life that you can listen to in the morning on the way to school. How entertaining would a podcast âthat talks about one kidâs soccer game that afternoon, one kidâs upcoming birthday, some news, etcâ actually be?
âJimmy needs to work on his dribbling.â Great. I think he knows already. Heâs not going to be the next Messi, so how about we switch back to music? Continue reading...
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