🇨🇦 Associate Professor Learning Sciences; Faculty of Education; McGill University (he/him). Educational tech/games + math cog
mcgill.ca/tlc
Adam K. Dubé
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@childrenandscreens.bsky.social
A safe AI strategy for Canadian youth should include age-associated risks
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:
@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.
A 6-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 17-year-old do not interact with AI in the same way—and policy shouldn't treat them as if they do.
My latest for @theconversation.com
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“Canada should go beyond getting youth AI-ready — and regulate genAI systems and interactions to make them youth-ready.”
Read my analyses of how Canada’s AI for All Strategy and the Safe Social Media Act could help make AI safe for youth.
It’s informed by our G7 report on child-AI impacts.
@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?
“Canada should go beyond getting youth AI-ready — and regulate genAI systems and interactions to make them youth-ready.”
Read my analyses of how Canada’s AI for All Strategy and the Safe Social Media Act could help make AI safe for youth.
It’s informed by our G7 report on child-AI impacts.
Adam K. Dubé
Adam K. Dubé
The Conversation Canada
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Adam K. Dubé
Adam K. Dubé
Adam K. Dubé
Adam K. Dubé
Canada will regulate AI chatbots for kids.
Our G7 report provides guidelines on how this should work.
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