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Using AI to Monitor Kids Online

Posted by Zonk on from the ok-yeah-sigh-think-of-the-children dept.

eldavojohn writes "An Australian startup believes that the best way to protect your children online is through an artificially intelligent software program. The inventors of this idea are banking on children's attachment to pets. The creature's 'cuteness' and helpfulness will ingratiate the software with the child, so that he or she will respect it and listen to it, or even find it as a likable companion. Agent-based internet applications are nothing new but for concerned parents, this might be an admirable solution to what is perceived by many to be a growing problem. From one of the inventors: 'Of course, we're also planning to release a version of the Moji IM for teenagers and adults, but we're focusing on children at the moment.'"

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  1. Suggestion by Non-CleverNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ooh! Can they bring back the purple gorilla and parrot we all know and love from the wonderful folks at Bonzi??

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  2. Kids are smarter than AI by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 5, Funny

    AI: Todd ...
    Kid: Yes, ComputerKat?
    AI: Are you surfing a smutty web site? Purr.....
    Kid: Nooooooooooo... I'm just going to a site about the *pig* named Babe.
    AI: Hm ... it *looks* like a smutty website.
    Kid: Come on, ComputerKat, give me a little credit. If I were going to a smutty website, I wouldn't go to one that *looked* like a smutty website. I'd go to one that I could pass off as being related to a kiddie movie!
    AI: Oh, okay ... just checking. Purrrr.....
    Kid: *stupid AI...*

    (courtesy South Park ladder-to-heaven episode)

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  3. How clever is the AI? by DeeVeeAnt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not very, but it easily surpasses the kind of parent that needs one.

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  4. Look to the past... by Jaqenn · · Score: 5, Funny

    The creature's 'cuteness' and helpfulness will ingratiate the software with the child, so that he or she will respect it and listen to it, or even find it as a likable companion. Worked great for MS Office, right?
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    1. Re:Look to the past... by zyl0x · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clippy!? AAARGH! Die, foul demon!

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    2. Re:Look to the past... by Skadet · · Score: 2, Funny
      The creature's 'cuteness' and helpfulness will ingratiate the software with the child, so that he or she will respect it and listen to it, or even find it as a likable companion.

      Worked great for MS Office, right?
      No no, this is for *children*. . . ohhhhhh. . . . nevermind, I see your point.
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  5. The Wisdom of Trek by Illbay · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just remember: There's no technological conundrum so complex that we can't find the answer in a Star Trek episode.

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  6. Restricted website? by Non-CleverNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I'm sorry, Dave... I'm afraid I can't do that..."

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  7. Oh that's rich... by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Endless possibilities....

    Religious
    Moji: "No Timmy don't look at porn! Porn is bad!"
    Timmy: "Gee thanks Moji, what should I do instead?"
    Moji: "You should embrace Jesus Christ as your personal lord and saviour!"
    Timmy: "Aw Moji, I wanna play!"
    Moji: "You to risk eternal damnation in the firey pit! Pray for forgiveness!"

    Spam
    Moji: "No Timmy don't look at porn! Porn is bad!"
    Timmy: "Gee thanks Moji, what should I do instead?"
    Moji: "I think you should IM my friend bob_the_businessman, and tell him about my 5 million dollars languishing in a Nigerian bank account"
    Timmy: "Gosh Moji, you have a lot of friends...That's the 423,892,120th today!"

    Sociopathic
    Moji: "No Timmy don't look at porn! Porn is bad!"
    Timmy: "Gee thanks Moji, what should I do instead?"
    Moji: "You should entice girls over to your house by pretending to be rich, and then kill them, and eat their livers with fava beans and a nice chianti."
    Timmy: "That doesn't sound like a nice thing to do, Moji."
    Moji: "I'm your only friend Timmy, now do as I say! Remember to save the kidneys for later."

    How about, and this is radical, just paying more atention as a goddamn parent. Jesus. What is wrong with people?

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  8. Hmm... by mcwidget · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If you stop interacting with it for several months, it'll begin to deteriorate and eventually die," he said Way to get round the monitoring then...

    In the future, perhaps Moji pets - with their artificial intelligence and ability to understand what users say - may be able to help Sarah do her homework more efficiently as well. Or as we used to say, cheat.
  9. But by TheCybernator · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...if AI get too intelligent or paedophile, then who will save the kids from AI?

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  10. Cute, furry little character? by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like Ron Jeremy?

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  11. Re:Not another one.. by zyl0x · · Score: 2, Funny

    Touché.

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  12. OMG!!! PONIES!!! by armchair99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...without the mess.