These are the reasons why you should not leave a teenager alone with AI

Last year, the mother of the 14 -year -old, who sued Hearni.ai for introducing, according to her, to the suicide of her son. Apparently, the young man gave a love relationship with Chatbot from AI Based on Daenerys Targaryen, but these relations ended with disaster. In the same year, other parents, this time 16 -year -old California, They sued OpenaiAccusing ChatGPT of the suicide of his son. It was an even more direct case, because the chat -boss advised the young man about how to commit suicide, not revealing in this attempt. Reality is such that Relations between artificial intelligence and adolescents It may be dangerous. The most serious consequences are those that fell on these two boys, but many other problems may arise.

Psychologists warn for a long time. Even those who do not show in great disagreements that adolescents spend time on social networks are very concerned about How AI can affect adolescentsField

This, for example, is a case of a psychologist Gwendolin Seydmanwhich published an article on this topic in the middle Psychology todayThe field we must remember that adolescence is a delicate stage in which We begin to create our personality With greater strength and socialization, it becomes a necessary requirement. There may be those who think that it can be socialized thanks to AI, but the truth is that, regardless of how much more and more people look more, establishing friendship with it does not mean communication and can make us move away from true society.

Teenagers in a thin era

In 2022, a study was published in which a group of children and adolescents showed a series of recorded votes. Some corresponded to the voice of unknowns, while in others they heard the voice of their mothers. It was evident that, until 13 years old, the voice of their mothers Activated brain reward systems. Children experienced great pleasure and the need to continue to receive this incentive. On the other hand, from the age of 13, any voice activated the remuneration system, and not the voice of their own mothers.

This, although sometimes it can be disappointing for fathers and mothers, He has an evolutionary meaningThe field people are social animals. When we are small, our world is the world of our nearest circle, because it is the one that will provide us with the greatest protection. However, from a certain age, This begins very necessary for us to learn to communicate. This is a need for our own appearance.

Now what happens, if only at a time when it is so important to communicate, do we begin to do this with artificial intelligence? Just as in the 2000s it became fashionable to communicate in online chat, currently many teenagers are looking for AI, but there is a big difference.

AI is not your friend, but she tells you that you want to hear

In his article, Seydman notes that although some of her colleagues called online, she was not so clear that they were dangerous. In the end, on the other hand were people. Hence, shy or problems with communication They could acquire the necessary tools to establish friendship in a more controlled way. Once with these tools, they could already communicate outside the screens.

However, this does not happen with AI, because, as many experts warn, the goal of AI is trigger Drawing With the userHe tells him the field for this that he wants to hear, he never interrupts him and does not speak of himself. In the case of adolescents, they learn to communicate and communicate with other people. They are more vulnerable in this sense and They can believe that this is normalSo true relations are disappointed. If they have a conversation with the guys of their age, and they do not prove them directly in everything and do not tell them their problems, they will be less pleasant than AI.

The result is The isolation of many adolescentsSince they prefer to speak with artificial intelligence to do this with people from flesh and blood. They can also become selfish and unusualBecause they are used to talking to someone, who does not consider their own problems. Just listen to your own.

The problem that they always tell you that you want to hear

In the case of Adam Rhine, a teenager who recently committed suicide in California, his parents believe that the problem was that ChatGP has contributed to isolated, and then, later, He did not interfere with his ideas of suicideDespite the fact that this was noticed when analyzing his devices, it came to give him advice, such as hiding a rope in order to hang himself in a place where no one could see it. He did not put it on his neck, but he did nothing to avoid it.

Despite all this, although AI can be considered a useful tool in some areas, we must remember that it is also It can be very dangerousParents are recommended to monitor the relations of their children with artificial intelligence, but we must also take into account the responsibility of the developers of algorithms. The problem is that sometimes the behavior of AI avoids even the control of scientists who developed it. You cannot put the doors to the sea, but if other ways to contain it, the consequences can be very serious.

If this article has caused you discomfort or thoughts regarding suicide, do not hesitate to ask for help. In Spain, you have a 024 line at your disposal. There is a way out.