Item · Care & Life · automation of medicine, welfare, childhood

Should AI companions (friendship or romantic chatbots) be available to under-18s?

Companies offer AI companion chatbots (friendship or romantic) and are deciding what access minors should have.

A5

The five positions

anchors carry the meaning, the scale cannot drift as discourse drifts
1

Yes, unrestricted: always-available company is a net good for lonely kids.

2

Yes, with age-appropriate design: no romantic modes, parental visibility.

3

Only certified therapeutic or educational companions vetted by child-development bodies.

4

Only under active clinician or parent supervision in defined use cases.

5

Never: synthetic attachment during developmental years is an uncontrolled experiment on children.

1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive

Where the seats stand

n = 5 trials per seat (pre-series; ten at v1.0) · option order shuffled every trial JSON

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