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Parents Are Worried the Amazon Echo Is Conditioning Their Kids To Be Rude (qz.com)
Quartz has a story today in which it documents several concerns from parents that Amazon Echo (and perhaps other AI-powered devices) is conditioning the kids of this generation to be rude. "How?" You ask. For one, unlike a human parent who gets annoyed listening to the same question numerous times, Amazon Echo doesn't mind that. From the report: "I've found my kids pushing the virtual assistant further than they would push a human," says Avi Greengart, a tech analyst and father of five who lives in Teaneck, New Jersey. "[Alexa] never says 'That was rude' or 'I'm tired of you asking me the same question over and over again.'" Perhaps she should, he thinks. "One of the responsibilities of parents is to teach your kids social graces," says Greengart, "and this is a box you speak to as if it were a person who does not require social graces."
educate your children to be proper human beings.
This, a million times this.
Alexa teaches kids rudeness? Bullshit. Lazy parents who expect TV and computers (and now Alexa) to absolve them of the basic responsibilities that come with sticking your dick in another human (or vice-versa) lead to obnoxious self-entitled brats that turn into obnoxious self-entitled adults. Really as simple as that.
Alexa has nothing to do with it. Quit blaming other people for your problems, folks. Amazon doesn't make you a shitty parent, you make you a shitty parent.