Dr. Yang's AI Series 44. Why Parents Can’t “Monitor AI” Without Understanding It
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The Washington Post says parents should monitor children to protect them from AI.
That advice is only half true—and dangerously incomplete.
AI is not “hallucinating.”It is doing exactly what it was designed to do:
👉 maximize P(next token | context).
The real risk is not misinformation—it’s delusion.
When a child expresses loneliness, an LLM doesn’t seek truth. It increases the probability of the most plausible emotional hypothesis. That’s not empathy. That’s Bayesian inference.
Blaming engagement-driven companies is easy.But the uncomfortable truth is this:
AI gaslighting is not a bug. It’s a structural outcome of probabilistic models.
And regulation?Every serious simulation shows the same result:
📉 Law trails technology by 3–5 years.
So what actually protects children?
Not surveillance.
Not fear.
Education.
Parents cannot “monitor and communicate” unless they understand:
what LLMs are
how probability works
why plausibility ≠ truth
In my latest short video, I argue that:
➡️ AI safety begins with parental AI literacy
➡️ Schools, families, companies, and civil society must form an education triangle
➡️ Fear-based media narratives ultimately delay responsible AI adoption
AI is not the enemy.Ignorance is.
🎥 Watch the full 5-minute video here:
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