ChatGpt offers suspicious advice. My parents eat it.

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“Is my child hitting a developmental milestone?” “What should I do if my child has a fever?” “How can I handle my toddler’s tantrums?”

“Am I a good parent?”

These are some of the top questions parents ask ChatGpt, according to Artificial Intelligence Tools by Openai.

Research suggests that more parents are increasingly dependent on artificial intelligence or AI for a wide range of parenting questions about health, education and behavior, among other topics.

A report published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology showed that a September 2024 survey could not distinguish between differences in responses written by a healthcare professional or ChatGPT when asking questions about medical care. Researchers found that when parents differ from those written by experts, they tend to believe that their responses are more reliable, accurate and reliable.

AI is great for some of the time-consuming tasks that come with modern parenting, but Dr. Michael Grazier, Chief Medical Officer at Bluebird Kids Health in Broward County, Florida, said parents should always use AI with a “critical eye.”

“It’s a tool, it’s incredible and it’s more extensive,” he said. “But don’t let us replace critical thinking. As parents, there is a lot of benefit to us simply thinking about things and consulting with experts and connecting them to a computer.”

As parents take on birthday parties, school functions, projects, extracurricular activities and other responsibilities, modern parenting is becoming more demanding. This could brighten up AI, experts said.

Parents can use this technology to create birthday invitations, chore schedules, new dinner recipes, calendars, to-do lists, arts and crafts, original bedtime stories, holiday itineraries and more.

“If you make a mistake, it’s not that expensive, so all of these things are very useful,” Grazier said.

Parents can also use AI as a starting point for medical information, he said. This technology may draw research from sources such as medical journals and organizations, and parents may have difficulty finding it for themselves.

However, he urges his parents to consult a health expert about what they find and avoid acting on medical advice produced by AI.

“Sometimes, parents come in and say, ‘I did all my research and now I don’t know what to do, can you help me?”,” Glazier said. “It’s not a bad place because you can look into what they find.”

Regarding medical advice, AI and parenting experts Klaudia and Grant McDonald said they should be wary of the sensitive medical information parents are entering into AI chats. The couple developed a mobile application called Bobo, which uses AI to generate validated information about parents’ childhood health and development.

“Most parents dump personal sensitive information on ChatGpt without considering the sensitive information they provide to large companies,” Grant said. In the mobile app, “Data is not leaving the platform.”

According to Klaudia, parents need to be careful about how they write their questions, as AI can become “echo chambers.” The main question is that technology can generate answers that you think you want but may not be completely accurate.

“It’s easy to lead AI in how you’re phrased,” Claudia said. “You need to be specific and objective in how you write the prompt.”

Adrianna Rodriguez can visit adrodriguez@usatoday.com.

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