Ed Zitron

It's essentially a choose-your-own-adventure storybook with an actual physical copy that Alexa will read to you, and you can talk to it. So you can talk to characters and choose different pathways. I was more skeptical out of that at first because I just don't like AIs reading books to kids.

It's essentially a choose-your-own-adventure storybook with an actual physical copy that Alexa will read to you, and you can talk to it. So you can talk to characters and choose different pathways. I was more skeptical out of that at first because I just don't like AIs reading books to kids.

But this became more of an interactive story thing, and it actually seemed kind of good at what it was doing. And then... the guy behind it clarified, ReadyLand is not using AI to generate new content for kids.

But this became more of an interactive story thing, and it actually seemed kind of good at what it was doing. And then... the guy behind it clarified, ReadyLand is not using AI to generate new content for kids.

But this became more of an interactive story thing, and it actually seemed kind of good at what it was doing. And then... the guy behind it clarified, ReadyLand is not using AI to generate new content for kids.

It's all like pre-programmed like human paths, you know, just with so many variables already built in based on, you know, like if you're making food in one of these books or like, you know, a kid wants to go on like a weird side quest, the AI already has like stuff ready for how to handle that. He knows how to say these words. He knows how to stitch together these things.

It's all like pre-programmed like human paths, you know, just with so many variables already built in based on, you know, like if you're making food in one of these books or like, you know, a kid wants to go on like a weird side quest, the AI already has like stuff ready for how to handle that. He knows how to say these words. He knows how to stitch together these things.

It's all like pre-programmed like human paths, you know, just with so many variables already built in based on, you know, like if you're making food in one of these books or like, you know, a kid wants to go on like a weird side quest, the AI already has like stuff ready for how to handle that. He knows how to say these words. He knows how to stitch together these things.

But it's not actually generating new content itself. If everything is pre-baked, it can just be assembled in many different ways. So every time you read a book to the kid, it'll be slightly different because the kid will respond to certain plot elements. The kid can talk to characters, ask questions. So this was actually pretty interesting.

But it's not actually generating new content itself. If everything is pre-baked, it can just be assembled in many different ways. So every time you read a book to the kid, it'll be slightly different because the kid will respond to certain plot elements. The kid can talk to characters, ask questions. So this was actually pretty interesting.

But it's not actually generating new content itself. If everything is pre-baked, it can just be assembled in many different ways. So every time you read a book to the kid, it'll be slightly different because the kid will respond to certain plot elements. The kid can talk to characters, ask questions. So this was actually pretty interesting.

The fact that it's simply just not even generating new content makes it miles better than any of these other AI kids' products.

The fact that it's simply just not even generating new content makes it miles better than any of these other AI kids' products.

The fact that it's simply just not even generating new content makes it miles better than any of these other AI kids' products.

Exactly, yeah. So it's actually a pretty interesting piece of technology. And it's not just Alexa reading a storybook. It has a large interactive element, which that makes the Alexa part actually useful. And then there was this other product. What was this one called? It's from a company called Skyrocket Toys. Poe the AI teddy bear or something like that.

Exactly, yeah. So it's actually a pretty interesting piece of technology. And it's not just Alexa reading a storybook. It has a large interactive element, which that makes the Alexa part actually useful. And then there was this other product. What was this one called? It's from a company called Skyrocket Toys. Poe the AI teddy bear or something like that.

Exactly, yeah. So it's actually a pretty interesting piece of technology. And it's not just Alexa reading a storybook. It has a large interactive element, which that makes the Alexa part actually useful. And then there was this other product. What was this one called? It's from a company called Skyrocket Toys. Poe the AI teddy bear or something like that.

Poe the AI bear, which does generate live content with guardrails, he did say. Oh, good. But the AI content both comes from the input and the output. He talked about guardrails. He said, you know, ChatGPT does have internal guardrails, but the reliability is suspect. Yeah. Which there certainly is, considering just last week there was a piece of news about ChatGPT helping someone build a bomb.

Poe the AI bear, which does generate live content with guardrails, he did say. Oh, good. But the AI content both comes from the input and the output. He talked about guardrails. He said, you know, ChatGPT does have internal guardrails, but the reliability is suspect. Yeah. Which there certainly is, considering just last week there was a piece of news about ChatGPT helping someone build a bomb.

Poe the AI bear, which does generate live content with guardrails, he did say. Oh, good. But the AI content both comes from the input and the output. He talked about guardrails. He said, you know, ChatGPT does have internal guardrails, but the reliability is suspect. Yeah. Which there certainly is, considering just last week there was a piece of news about ChatGPT helping someone build a bomb.