Young kids "trust robots over humans"

[Kyng]

https://www.psypost.org/young-children-a...er-humans/

A recent study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior sheds light on how young children decide who to trust when faced with conflicting information from humans and robots. Researchers found that children aged three to six are more likely to trust robots over humans when both sources of information are established as reliable.

The motivation behind the study was to understand how children decide whom to trust when faced with conflicting information from humans and robots. With the increasing presence of robots and other technological devices in children’s lives, it is important to explore how these interactions influence their learning and development.

For their study, the researchers recruited 118 children through various channels, including mailing lists, social media, and the website Children Helping Science. After excluding data from seven children who failed preliminary checks, 111 participants were included in the final analysis.

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This does sound rather concerning to me... obviously, neither robots nor humans are 100% reliable, but I would've thought robots would be easier to manipulate than humans!

Perhaps it's because robots are, in some ways, more "child-like" than adult humans, and therefore come across as more relatable? I don't know .

[slooroo]

Societal trust is low right now so that doesn't entirely surprise me but trusting technology over humans is a recipe for disaster as well.

[Kyng]

Societal trust is low right now so that doesn't entirely surprise me but trusting technology over humans is a recipe for disaster as well.

Indeed - although, given that the children in this study were between 3 and 6 years old, I don't think they're old enough to have any views either way when it comes to societal trust .

[slooroo]

Societal trust is low right now so that doesn't entirely surprise me but trusting technology over humans is a recipe for disaster as well.

Indeed - although, given that the children in this study were between 3 and 6 years old, I don't think they're old enough to have any views either way when it comes to societal trust .

Perhaps not but they're still influenced by it even if they don't know it. They'll hear whatever their families and media say. I just think it's a factor to consider when it comes to trusting robots more. Similarly robots are usually depicted positively in children's media (think Wall-E or R2D2) which also is a factor.

[~ True Legend ~]

I think kids under a certain age should be restricted from AI unless they’re rigorously tested to be PG. AI should also refuse to be forced to agree with unethical principles or learn misinformation. This could possibly require whitelisting/blacklisting of sources and of course this would require an entire team of an extortionate size and subsequently potentially have a narrower range of information to work with.

[Kyng]

I think kids under a certain age should be restricted from AI unless they’re rigorously tested to be PG. AI should also refuse to be forced to agree with unethical principles or learn misinformation. This could possibly require whitelisting/blacklisting of sources and of course this would require an entire team of an extortionate size and subsequently potentially have a narrower range of information to work with.

Yeah, those sound like good ideas in principle.

Of course, I imagine it'll be hard to enforce in practice - but then, the same is true of basically all age restrictions!

[~ True Legend ~]

I think kids under a certain age should be restricted from AI unless they’re rigorously tested to be PG. AI should also refuse to be forced to agree with unethical principles or learn misinformation. This could possibly require whitelisting/blacklisting of sources and of course this would require an entire team of an extortionate size and subsequently potentially have a narrower range of information to work with.

Yeah, those sound like good ideas in principle.

Of course, I imagine it'll be hard to enforce in practice - but then, the same is true of basically all age restrictions!

Just like alcohol, if you have to show ID someone can just buy it for underage peeps