From Patience To Impatience: How A.I. Is Reshaping Young Minds And What To Do About It
Celebrate Kids Podcast with Dr. Kathy

From Patience To Impatience: How A.I. Is Reshaping Young Minds And What To Do About It

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 11, 202618 min

In this episode of the Celebrate Kids podcast, Dr. Kathy discusses the generational differences in patience and the impact of artificial intelligence on adolescent brain development. She highlights how older generations have a default of patience, having been raised in an era where waiting was the norm, while younger generations often expect instant gratification. Dr. Kathy dives into concerns surrounding the adolescent brain, particularly the development of the prefrontal cortex during these formative years, and how AI may be influencing this process. She raises critical questions about the potential for AI to serve as a "prosthetic for thinking," possibly...

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those of us who are older have patience as a default because when we were raised patience was expected. We waited. We had to wait for people to call us back. We had to drop off a roll of film and wait a whole week and pay for really bad pictures. So our default was waiting. I'm younger people today have the default of impatience wanting everything handed to them on

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a silver platter immediately the way they want it right now. And that's not the way the world works. And that's not the way that any mom and dad wants their kids brains wired. So we have to to interact with that. Don't be afraid of the dark.

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Be careful with stars. Not every light is gonna guide you, baby. Not every light is gonna guide you. So Dr. Kathy, today on the Celebrate Kids podcast

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