{"id":46375,"date":"2026-07-15T12:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46375"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:16:06","slug":"the-trojan-teddy-bear-the-promise-and-peril-of-childhood-in-the-age-of-ai-planet-money-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46375","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Trojan Teddy Bear&#8217;: The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI : Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/planet-money\/2026\/07\/14\/g-s1-133066\/the-trojan-teddy-bear-the-promise-and-peril-of-childhood-in-the-age-of-ai\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttp3A2F2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com2Fdd2F5d2Fdb82bca1461ab00fc032e5d5a0542Fgettyimages-2006327337.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:190px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. A leading child-development expert says the technology offers real promise \u2014 but also risks crowding out the human relationships children need most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/planet-money\/2026\/07\/14\/g-s1-133066\/the-trojan-teddy-bear-the-promise-and-peril-of-childhood-in-the-age-of-ai\">&#8216;The Trojan Teddy Bear&#8217;: The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI : Planet Money : NPR<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Unlike most humans, AI systems can be endlessly engaging, infinitely patient, and relentlessly affirming. Interactions with them often feel frictionless. Suskind worries giving young kids considerable exposure to them may make them less prepared for the messy, unpredictable nature of real human relationships.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[91,2239,732],"class_list":["post-46375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-ai","tag-chatbots","tag-children","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46380,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46375\/revisions\/46380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}