Keeping It Human in AI Kids Content: Creator Responsibility

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Keeping It Human in AI Kids Content: Creator Responsibility

Hosted by Carla Engelbrecht

In this video

What you'll learn

Your responsibility, and where to draw the line

How to think about your responsibility when a machine makes something a child will see, and where to draw your line.

What's worth making, not just what's easy

The questions to ask before you build, so you make what's worth making instead of what's merely easy.

Designing for the child and the parent

How transparency and privacy protect a child, and support the caregiver who can't always be in the room.

Why this topic matters

"Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral," wrote Melvin Kranzberg. AI can help you make something wonderful for kids, or quietly fill their screens with harm. The difference isn't the tool. It's the thinking you bring before you use it. This session is about what to consider before a machine makes something for a child.

You'll learn from

Carla Engelbrecht

Emmy-award winning creator of more than 200 interactive experiences for Netflix, Sesame Street

Twenty-five years making children's media at Sesame Street, Netflix, and PBS Kids. Doctorate in educational technology from Columbia. Mom to teenager daughter and rescued Olde English Bulldogge.

Now I explore the messy, funny, innovative future of AI and childhood through creating content for kids and families as well as teaching parents, educators, and creators ai literacy, content creation, and coding.

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