The use of voice assistants like Siri or even voice-activated smart devices such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa have skyrocketed in the last couple of years as the futuristic idea of controlling your entire home with just your voice takes off. However, researchers are now suggesting that these voice assistants might have some serious long-term impact on the social and cognitive development of children.
“The lack of ability to engage in non-verbal communication makes use of the devices a poor method of learning social interaction. While in normal human interactions, a child would usually receive constructive feedback if they were to behave inappropriately, this is beyond the scope of a smart device,” – Anmol Arora, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Nevertheless, these smart devices may also hinder learning opportunities in children. Because these voice assistants make it so easy to get answers to questions we pose to them, it may hurt the ‘traditional processes by which children learn and absorb information’.
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