OpenAI boss Sam Altman has found himself on the receiving end of a brutal internet roasting after suggesting parents turn to artificial intelligence to help understand their children.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old tech mogul \u2013 who co-founded the multibillion-dollar company behind ChatGPT \u2013 raised eyebrows after posting a suggestion on how parents could navigate the tricky, emotional world of raising kids.<\/p>\n
Taking to social media platform X, Mr Altman made a suggestion that left many parents scratching their heads.<\/p>\n
\u201cConnect your family calendars and explain your kids\u2019 interests,\u201d Mr Altman wrote to his audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid\u2019s soccer game that afternoon, one kid\u2019s upcoming birthday, some news, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The response was as swift as it was unforgiving.<\/p>\n
Within minutes, the comment section erupted with fed-up parents and critics offering the Silicon Valley pioneer a collective reality check \u2013 reminding him that a low-tech, time-tested solution already exists.<\/p>\n
\u2018Just talk to your kids\u2019<\/p>\n
Over 1000 people flocked to the reply section to point out what many described as a mind-boggling level of detachment from the reality of parenting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if you just talked to your children?\u201d Alex Hirsch, the American animator behind television series Gravity Falls, asked Mr Altman. <\/p>\n
\u201cOr the parents could just have a conversation with the kids about those things,\u201d another person pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren\u2019s affairs require careful attention, and your current models cannot match children\u2019s creative thinking,\u201d echoed a third.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr….. hear me out. You could just talk to your child and actually be interested,\u201d another expressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you considered talking to them yourself after having personally taken the time and care to find out about and form your own opinions about their interests?\u201d one person questioned.<\/p>\n
Others took personal aim at the billionaire CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr you could be an actual parent instead of having AI summarise your kids for you, you absolute sociopath,\u201d one X user wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you serious? It\u2019s an actual harm to society that you have the influence that you have. Zero concept of reality,\u201d a second commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cKids aren\u2019t stupid. This is not the right vibe, Sam,\u201d another user claimed.<\/p>\n
Despite the backlash, there were a select few who agreed with Mr Altman\u2019s sentiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m doing something similar with my teenage boys. Codex runs a job to grab stats from prior games and gives a custom ELO score\/projection for upcoming games. The boys love it, and it\u2019s been a great way to introduce them to AI,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I have kids, I will be doing something like this,\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n
A growing trend of tech-outsourcing<\/p>\n
Mr Altman, who welcomed his first child via surrogate with husband Oliver Mulherin earlier this year, has long touted the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence across every facet of human life.<\/p>\n
From writing code and diagnosing illnesses to replacing office jobs, OpenAI has positioned its products as essential tools for the future.<\/p>\n
However, the backlash to Mr Altman\u2019s post highlights a growing boundary for everyday consumers: the line between useful automation and emotional detachment.<\/p>\n
Child psychologists and parenting experts have frequently warned against relying on screens and algorithms to mediate parent-child relationships, emphasising that non-verbal cues, mistakes, and face-to-face connection are crucial for emotional development.<\/p>\n
Despite the heavy ratio in his replies, Mr Altman has not yet deleted the post or responded to the wave of criticism.<\/p>\n
It seems, for now, internet users agree: when it comes to raising kids, no prompt is going to replace a parent\u2019s touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI boss Sam Altman has found himself on the receiving end of a brutal internet roasting after 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