Children’s media specialists are sounding the alarm over AI YouTube videos that are supposed to be “educational” but are harmful.

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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (10 children)
  • Get a laptop with a disc drive. Do not enter a WiFi password into the laptop.
  • Get a library card.
  • Get an HDMI cable.
  • Check out DVDs at the library.
  • Play them at home.

Ta da. 🎉 You have a way to entertain your kids, a reason to take them to the library, and a way to control what they're watching.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Are there no mobile apps available with human-curated collections of children's videos?

    YouTube is not going to be a place where you're going to have any reliable quality control. It's literally (by design) videos uploaded by anyone on the Internet. That's not by itself a problem, but the idea that it's a good way to keep very small children entertained is definitely not one I would agree with.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Libby will let you check out library books with your local library card. But they've started trying to replace their remote librarians with chatbots.

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