Ed Zitron

Which is a good question. Yeah, we should be asking that. More people should. There was four people on the panel. Karen Ruth Wong from Ido Play Lab Partnerships. Nilo Lewick from Skyrocket Toys. Melissa Hunter from Family Video Network. And Joshua Garrett from Readyland. And I'll talk about all these different companies and people in a sec.

Yeah, so the panel started with Karen Ruth Wong from IDO, which is the company that first partnered with Sesame Workshop to start making online apps. So, you know, that was interesting to me because Sesame Workshop generally puts a lot of care into, like, you know, making media for children. is a company that works with them. So I was interested in what she was going to say.

Yeah, so the panel started with Karen Ruth Wong from IDO, which is the company that first partnered with Sesame Workshop to start making online apps. So, you know, that was interesting to me because Sesame Workshop generally puts a lot of care into, like, you know, making media for children. is a company that works with them. So I was interested in what she was going to say.

Yeah, so the panel started with Karen Ruth Wong from IDO, which is the company that first partnered with Sesame Workshop to start making online apps. So, you know, that was interesting to me because Sesame Workshop generally puts a lot of care into, like, you know, making media for children. is a company that works with them. So I was interested in what she was going to say.

And basically, she talked not about any products that her company's making, but instead research into how AI is affecting Gen Z, how Gen Z wants to interact with AI, and talked about a whole bunch of research that her company has been doing for the past few years on what people my age and younger, what their attitudes are towards this thing that has become an increasingly encroaching lives.

And basically, she talked not about any products that her company's making, but instead research into how AI is affecting Gen Z, how Gen Z wants to interact with AI, and talked about a whole bunch of research that her company has been doing for the past few years on what people my age and younger, what their attitudes are towards this thing that has become an increasingly encroaching lives.

And basically, she talked not about any products that her company's making, but instead research into how AI is affecting Gen Z, how Gen Z wants to interact with AI, and talked about a whole bunch of research that her company has been doing for the past few years on what people my age and younger, what their attitudes are towards this thing that has become an increasingly encroaching lives.

I'm just going to play a series of clips. Couldn't be more excited.

I'm just going to play a series of clips. Couldn't be more excited.

I'm just going to play a series of clips. Couldn't be more excited.

Yeah, the very first thing, this is literally like minutes into the panel, this is like after they do their introductions, the first thing they talk about is how Gen Z is both an early adopter of new tech, but they're also kind of the most AI critical right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cringey. Yeah, like how it feels cringey, and not just that, how it's affecting people's sense of humanity.

Yeah, the very first thing, this is literally like minutes into the panel, this is like after they do their introductions, the first thing they talk about is how Gen Z is both an early adopter of new tech, but they're also kind of the most AI critical right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cringey. Yeah, like how it feels cringey, and not just that, how it's affecting people's sense of humanity.

Yeah, the very first thing, this is literally like minutes into the panel, this is like after they do their introductions, the first thing they talk about is how Gen Z is both an early adopter of new tech, but they're also kind of the most AI critical right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cringey. Yeah, like how it feels cringey, and not just that, how it's affecting people's sense of humanity.

and viewing this like, you know, in some ways as like an obstacle to get over, but also this is, I'm not sure how I feel about, about like, you know, Karen and the company she's representing here. Cause in some ways I felt like she was probably actually good.

and viewing this like, you know, in some ways as like an obstacle to get over, but also this is, I'm not sure how I feel about, about like, you know, Karen and the company she's representing here. Cause in some ways I felt like she was probably actually good.

and viewing this like, you know, in some ways as like an obstacle to get over, but also this is, I'm not sure how I feel about, about like, you know, Karen and the company she's representing here. Cause in some ways I felt like she was probably actually good.

She just had to frame all of the things she was saying as like shocking revelations to all these tech bros be like, actually it turns out kids surprisingly don't want their lives run by AI. Yeah.

She just had to frame all of the things she was saying as like shocking revelations to all these tech bros be like, actually it turns out kids surprisingly don't want their lives run by AI. Yeah.

She just had to frame all of the things she was saying as like shocking revelations to all these tech bros be like, actually it turns out kids surprisingly don't want their lives run by AI. Yeah.

I actually like what she was saying. It's just her presentation of it felt kind of odd at times because of who the audience was.