🇨🇦 Associate Professor Learning Sciences; Faculty of Education; McGill University (he/him). Educational tech/games + math cog
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Adam K. Dubé
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@davidwcochrane.bsky.social Issue with chatbots is that they are now a key way to engage with software. They power Microsoft word, Google search, airline helpbots; will these all be subject to regulation?
@davidwcochrane.bsky.social The Safe Social Media act does not seem to regulate the design features people worry about (infinite scroll, algorithmic feeds) unless they promote the 7 types of harmful content.
Canada will regulate AI chatbots for kids.
Our G7 report provides guidelines on how this should work.
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My kids are younger than Jen's so it's still "family iPad" and not "every kid's phone," but I have COMPLAINTS about how parental controls work across every tech we use in our house... except PlayStation. They're doing pretty okay.
"Parenting" should not be a weird edge case.
A blanket ban is not the way to go. Instead, we need regulations for these companies that create better, safe experiences for users.
Regulate tech, not kids.
For those in Canada, check out @smgrimes.bsky.social great work on this. Links below.
Great breakdown on why arguments for bans don’t hold up.
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Does Canada’s Safe Social Media Act go far enough? Expert in children’s digital media culture and children’s rights in the digital environment, @smgrimes.bsky.social joins Sue Smith:
