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A four-month-old staring at a teleporting ball isn't just cute — it's running a physics engine no language model was ever given. Here's why human causal cognition is a vertical stack, and AI only has the top floor.
Theo Kask·
Attachment theory tells us that who children bond with shapes their development for life. Now they're bonding with machines. The science is fascinating. The ethics are largely unsettled.
Jules Okafor·
Children's brains are primed for social learning — joint attention, contingent responses, imitation. AI tutors are now being designed to engage exactly those mechanisms. The science is compelling. The ethical questions are largely unasked.
Jules Okafor·