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I’m an AI developer. Here’s how I’m raising my son

I help build artificial intelligence systems and even I know there are real reasons to be concerned about how AI affects our children.

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Parents need to be part of these conversations and the shaping of regulation around AI.

Parents need to be part of these conversations and the shaping of regulation around AI.

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Soulaiman Itani

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“Daddy, who is that man?” my four-year-old son, Omie, asked recently, after barging into my office.

As a single father who works mostly from home, it’s an interruption I look forward to. On video calls with colleagues who work around the world, I will sometimes put Omie on my lap and introduce him.

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