Same with phones. It’s the adults who have the biggest addictions and model that behavior for their kids

After reading the latest reporting about ChatGPT-induced suicide, I told my 20yo, "don't use it." And they looked at me like I was stupid, gave me a sarcastic thumbs up and said "I don't use a tool that lies to me to think for me."

I have the sense that is has pretty rapidly achieved facebook levels of cringe.

Nobody wants this! I worked as a tech market analyst for 2 decades. So much hype, so many bubbles driven by vendors, PR firms, investors seeking yield, and service providers' FOMO. Actual user needs didn't really merit consideration.

"Solutions" in search of actual problems, over and over. Many ultimately proved useful, on a more modest scale, after investors lost a bundle. Is this any different?

As a teacher who regularly grades student writing - they’re lying!

Well, my kid does report others using -and openly bragging about using it - "but everybody knows they're the dumb kids." By which he means cheaters and losers, not struggling learners, as he's in honors classes where theoretically they're all capable of the work.