MIT Technology Review: AI safety policy overlooks everyday harm to young people
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On October 26, MIT Technology Review argued that AI safety policy focuses too heavily on catastrophic harm and can miss how products erode young people's thinking, learning and relationships day to day. Google-backed multi-state chatbot bills this year require guarding against sexual content and self-harm prompts but carry broad exemptions, the report says, while stronger legislation against emotional dependence in children did not pass. The two authors argue that AI should be adopted in classrooms only with solid evidence it improves learning and critical thinking, that AI companions should be barred from pretending to be conscious or expressing love to users, and that independent reviews of system impact should be required.
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- MIT Technology Review · AIThe focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms
AI 安全政策过度聚焦灾难性伤害，可能忽视产品对年轻人思考、学习和人际关系的日常侵蚀。今年 Google 支持的多州聊天机器人法案要求防范色情内容与自伤诱导，却包含广泛豁免，更强的防止儿童情感依赖立法未能通过。两位作者主张，课堂采用 AI 前应要求其改善学习与批判性思维的充分证据，并禁止 AI 伴侣假装有意识或向用户表达爱意，对系统影响开展独立审查。
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