The Dangers of Sharenting: The Dark Side of Growing Up Online

Author(s): Cezary Gesikowski

Originally published on Towards AI.

Is Online Sharing Exposing Our Children to the Perils of AI?

“This is a threat

Do you know what a threat is

I have no private life

You will commit suicide

or become like me”

— Leonard Cohen.

Looking back on these words by Leonard Cohen, we can’t help being struck by the eerie relevance they hold today. Numerous kids have committed suicide because of social media. And this threat is about to become worse. But how did we get here? Why is this acutely relevant in our current AI and machine learning age? BEWARE: If you ignore this warning, your children and those you love the most could be next.

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