They also raised concerns about data privacy and how personal information shared with AI could be misused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But rather than outright rejecting AI, both experts emphasised responsible use.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Assoc Prof Ang suggested encouraging children to seek information from multiple sources, including textbooks, teachers and peers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Assoc Prof Swapna urged parents to watch for signs of over-reliance, such as children isolating themselves from real-world interactions and turning instead to devices.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave conversations with your child instead of ignoring those signs. Social connectedness is very important,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are skills that children need to learn for later in life: how to connect with people and have conversations. If that becomes derailed, then that is a concern.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in her consultation room, Assoc Prof Swapna also uses AI discussions as a teaching moment with her patients.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI use the opportunity to educate them about AI, some of the perils, what to look out for, and how to use AI more ethically,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAI is based on available data. So, (there may be) a lot of Western slant, because the published data is predominantly from the West, so they may not get the cultural nuances, etc.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the experts agree that AI is here to stay, but its impact depends on how it is used.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSociety has a role to play. It\u2019s important for people to understand \u2026 the possible harms that AI can cause,\u201d said Assoc Prof Ang, adding that over-reliance on AI for help can cause people to become more independent but lonely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are social creatures. It’s okay to depend on others sometimes, to ask for help, rather than to be completely self-sufficient \u2013 that’s when loneliness and isolation come about.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They also raised concerns about data privacy and how personal information shared with AI could be misused.\u00a0 But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[12081,62013,254,64,63,260548,137,514,515],"class_list":["post-668148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ai-chatbot","tag-ai-companion","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-deep-dive-podcast","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}