I grew up on Zoom and social media. Protect Illinois kids, teens from the dangers of AI
A 19-year-old says common sense legislation proposed in the General Assembly would put accountability in place — before it’s too late. By Kashyap Rajesh A proposed law in Illinois would require AI developers or large chat providers to “write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish” public safety and child protection plans on their websites. My generation didn’t get a grace period. We were the kids doing active-shooter drills in elementary school. We spent a chunk of our high school years staring at Zoom screens during the pandemic. We watched wildfires turn the sky orange while adults debated whether climate change was real. We grew up under a social media ecosystem that was running experiments on our mental health. Now we’re ent...