this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I'm sorry your child was lost to AI.
This battle is not over, he’s learning
The sad reality is that people never change their mind in the moment, and if they do, they won't tell you. People are emotional creatures. His ego was 100% in defense mode. All that said, he could very well use more detergent and warmer water next time. At least as long as his parent isn't around to see lol.
(Edit: Reading this back it feels really condescending. To be clear, I'm the same way. I think everyone is. I'm no exception. I've caught myself doing this after the fact.)
Yeah nah he’s taken it well in the end. You’re right though, it was ego defense. It’s funny, I recall trying to teach him and his sisters together years ago but he objected, saying it’s something he can work out for himself and I’ve reminded him a couple of times since but it’s never sunk in till this episode and he had to admit I was right about it.
Kids talking back to their parents is as old as time. Before they were lost to AI, it was social media. Before that, it was 4chan or SomethingAwful. Before that it was IRC or forums or newsgroups. Before that it was BBSes and D&D. Before that it was TV and video games and movies and comic books.
On and on and on it goes.
A child reading a comic book and talking back to a parent is definitely not a logical equivalent to a kid using LLM's habitually and talking back to their parent.
Kids used to read comic books pretty habitually.
Otherwise what’s your point? We’re talking informally here anyway, so what exactly do you mean by logical equivalence?