AI Can’t Solve Your Child’s Loneliness

Amber Garrett Carroll creates resources and trainings for parents. She understands one of the newest issues confronting our children, AI, and she’s here to help us understand its effects. I hope you find her message helpful. Be sure to check out her new book, Ready to Talk: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Gender and Sexuality.

Artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to near necessity with astonishing speed. Just a few years ago, predictions that AI would become part of everyday life seemed absurd to most of us. But today, students use AI tools to brainstorm essays, professionals rely on it to draft emails, and businesses increasingly build it into customer service phone trees. 

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How to talk about AI and porn: a guide for parents

AI and porn

I’m thrilled to introduce you to Julia Daniels of Ever Accountable. She’s here to help us understand how to talk about AI and porn with our children. This is a powerhouse article full of fantastic resources.

While Taylor Swift’s deepfake porn debacle on Twitter caught the attention of national and international news, a growing number of similar news stories have been hitting the headlines regularly. In many cases, they involve AI-generated deepfake porn and minors. Parents and teens are alarmed as AI and porn is unleashing deadly dangers – creating a new wave of image based sexual abuse and sextortion. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a warning. 

What you don’t know about AI-generated porn could blindside you and your family.  But clearly naming something dangerous starts destroying its power. 

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