Parents have always struggled on the screen with time, but the latest headache is not about hours spent on tablets – it's about What exactly do children watch.
Wave Movies generated by AI flooded children on YouTube and YouTubeAnd although some clips look innocent, under the surface are full of strange animations, robotic voices, and sometimes even disinformation.
According to the last report, many parents begin to worry that these films are not only strange, but potentially harmful.
Spend just five minutes scrolling and you'll see what's going on. Bright colors, smiling characters, catchy songs – everything looks safe. But then the characters stop in an awkward way or do not make sense.
It's like watching a dream in which logic melts in half. Children may not notice, but they absorb it. And when the child repeats the disinformation, which they heard in the allegedly “educational” cartoon, suddenly ceases to be fun. This is the moment when many parents are aware of the rate.
Experts point to algorithms as an invisible hand here. Recommendation systems develop in quantity, and the content generated by AI can be produced with lightning.
This is a dangerous combination: the system rewards volume, not quality. As one of the critics put it, this is the digital version of “junk food for the brain”. Parents remain in the fight against the battle, in which the opponent is unlimited, devoid of face and constantly complements.
This problem also suits a wider trend in the scope of transforming video production. For example, Google has recently introduced tools This allows companies to generate skillful corporate films with AI avatars and votes.
In a professional environment it looks like performance. In children's entertainment it looks like a minefield. Who checks the accuracy of these scripts? Who makes sure that children are not confused by a distorted “lesson”?
Meanwhile, the world of entertainment is already struggling with the artistic side of this change. Projects such as ShowrunnerAn experimental platform that allows users to create TV episodes based on AI, show how technology can strengthen creators.
But if they are unregulated, the same tools can unscrew low, misleading films focused on children-and it becomes uncomfortable there.
So where does it leave parents? In my opinion, it boils down to three things: awareness, supervision and conversation. No application or parental control is bulletproof, but teaching children to ask questions and critical thinking about what they see is a shield that lasts longer than any software.
It is clear, it is exhausting to play the role of both parental and digital checking of facts, but the alternative is to allow the algorithm to be cared for. And we all know that the algorithms do not stick children in bed at night.
Extra Ai does not leave, like these movies. The challenge is how to balance innovations with responsibility.
Until then, parents stare at the screens not only with curiosity, but with caution – and perhaps a note of frustration that the digital world is moving faster than handrails built to protect children.
