When Kids Grow Up Talking to AI

HigherIQ · Sep 23, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:40 — The Numbers Are Already Staggering 01:59 — What the Research Actually Says 03:25 — The Irony at the Core 04:30 — Wrap Up Sources: - Restoration, Exploration and Transformation: How Youth Engage Character.AI Chatbots for Feels, Fun and Finding Themselves (CHI 2026): https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15340 - The Impact of AI on Children's Development — Harvard GSE (Ying Xu): https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/edcast/24/10/impact-ai-childrens-development - AI Will Never Be Your Kid's Friend — The Atlantic (Russell Shaw, July 2025)…