Explaining things in a way a kindergartener can understand helps reduce preaching or imposing one’s sense of justice. Fairy tale writers from anywhere in the world would likely agree that children dislike such things.
Furthermore, when you explain things in a way a kindergartener can understand, the balance between the concrete and the abstract naturally becomes more focused.
The aim is to make it easy to understand without lowering the standard.
When organizing discussions not only about AI and ethics, but also, for example, feminism or surrogacy, in a way children can understand, it requires more than mere rephrasing; it necessitates grasping the underlying structure.
Ethics deals with complex and advanced issues.
However, ethics itself doesn’t need to be inherently difficult to understand.
There is value in striving to explain things in a way even a kindergartener can comprehend.
Of course, the very concept of “surrogacy” could potentially be upsetting for children. If you’re explaining it to a kindergartener, it would be necessary to replace it with a different theme.
When it comes to AI and ethics, teaching “Don’t hurt your friends with toys” is something most kindergarteners around the world should be able to understand. Toys are tools. AI is also a tool. We shouldn’t hurt others with tools. This simple principle, however, becomes a very complex issue when it comes to social implementation.
If AI itself is used to solve these problems, it can create value and contribute to societal improvement.
It is with this hope that I wrote this draft.
If AI explains it, anyone in the world can enjoy it. And it’s free. Please use this draft to spark enjoyable discussions with your friends and family.
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