Be afraid
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (50007)
St. Catharines, Ontario
July 14, 2025 7:43am CST
Very afraid...
Mattel is adding AI to children’s toys.
“Mattel will bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences,”
The "magic of AI"? "Age-appropriate play experiences"? 
Sounds to me like a way of programming kids to "follow orders" of Big Brother... report on their parents as in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty Four... or render them incapable of original thought.
Maybe I'm being paranoid or maybe I read too much science fiction growing up. Maybe it's too early in my day to think I'm awake...
Sounds to me like a way of programming kids to "follow orders" of Big Brother... report on their parents as in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty Four... or render them incapable of original thought.
Maybe I'm being paranoid or maybe I read too much science fiction growing up. Maybe it's too early in my day to think I'm awake...https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/mattel-ai-childrens-toys/article_3894d5df-7528-5b6d-b6d0-25ceed9f0cc6.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a01&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=874A97654E9C12D2B88997E19F82C1C2&utm_campaign=nwhl_44799&utm_term=
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@allknowing (149540)
• India
3h
@BarBaraPrz I do not know what is in store for the future generaion There will be more misuse than good use and it is already happening
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@DaddyEvil (153258)
• United States
23h
This isn't good but I don't have young kids anymore that I can help influence. We, rationally thinking adults, will lose this war of the minds.
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@LindaOHio (194615)
• United States
47m
AI has no business being a part of children's toys or their learning experiences.
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