Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new artificial intelligence (AI) trend: They think it sucks.

In the four years since chatbots went mainstream and their marketing campaigns went into overdrive, young people have grown increasingly skeptical of the hype around large language models (LLMs). Yes, many of them still use the tech for school assignments and companionship; however, according to market research firm YPulse, 37 percent of teens aged 13 to 17 cringe when they see AI content like music and videos; meanwhile, more than half worry about misinformation and deepfakes.

The polling on youthful AI attitudes shows a great deal of contradiction. Adoption rates are high, with a majority of America’s teens reporting they use chatbots, but enthusiasm is mixed. A recent Pew Research report found that while many teens think AI will be good for them personally, over a fourth of their cohort believe AI will have a negative impact on society in the next 20 years, citing job loss, the decline of critical thinking skills and environmental impacts as concerns.

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