• judgyweevil@feddit.it
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    22 hours ago

    Only to a certain extent. What can they do against so many changes in the tech world. Just look at whatsapp that just introduced AI in their chat. There is a point when tech giants should just be strictly regulated for the interest of the public

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      21 hours ago

      What can they do against so many changes in the tech world.

      Be involved in their kids’ lives? Tech isn’t the problem here, any more than it could have been TV, drugs, rock and roll, video games, D&D, or organized religion. Kids get into some dumb shit, just because it’s the hot new thing doesn’t make it any different.

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        Lol be involved in kids lives? 🤣 I will guess you’re not a parent but yes, blaming the parents is not really nice especially in the circumstances above.

        But I think you bring a very good point here about drugs, it’s not possible to shield your kid from everything even drugs. But the way things are going using a kid using drug may be less dangerous than a kid using the phone.

        Especially because most people don’t encourage kids to use drugs, while is the opposite with phones

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      22 hours ago

      Or how about parents regulate their children, so that we don’t have government nannies telling full grown adults what they’re allowed to do with chatbots?

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        It’s not about regulating what full grown adults do with chat bots it’s about regulating what corporations do with their products.

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          You don’t see how one leads directly to the other? Full grown adults are the users of those corporations’ products. If the corporations aren’t allowed to put certain features in those products then that’s the same as prohibiting their users from using those features.

          Imagine if there was a government regulation that prohibited the sale of cars with red paint on them. They’re not prohibiting an individual person from owning a car with red paint, they’re not prohibiting individuals from painting their own cars red, but don’t you think that’ll make it a lot harder for individuals to get red cars if they want them?