“Grok is a friendly rocket who loves to dance and can’t fly. Grem is a space alien who’s obsessed with the color pink. Gabbo is a curious, Pinocchio-like figure who’s always looking for new friends. The idea here is that we can build fun, lovable personalities into each new character that we launch,” wrote Curio co-founder Misha Sallee in an email to The Verge.
I don’t mind toys have pre-recorded voicelines stores in them for “personalities”, but I hate the idea of an “AI” recording children’s conversation and building responses and personality from that.
I don’t believe for a second the line about them not storing their intake data, absolute bullshit that it is.
Agreed. Not to mention the whole “Let’s give your child a little tool which is designed to hit the instinctual triggers for them making a friend, while giving them only stochastic-parrot responses and being ultimately just a lifeless puppet, just in case Youtube hadn’t interfered enough with their healthy development” aspect.
I hate it so much
I don’t mind toys have pre-recorded voicelines stores in them for “personalities”, but I hate the idea of an “AI” recording children’s conversation and building responses and personality from that.
I don’t believe for a second the line about them not storing their intake data, absolute bullshit that it is.
Agreed. Not to mention the whole “Let’s give your child a little tool which is designed to hit the instinctual triggers for them making a friend, while giving them only stochastic-parrot responses and being ultimately just a lifeless puppet, just in case Youtube hadn’t interfered enough with their healthy development” aspect.