Youth-Centric Approaches in AI and Digital Safety

The field of AI and digital safety is shifting towards youth-centric approaches, focusing on empowering adolescents to navigate online safety and engage with AI technologies. This is evident in the growing interest in design fiction, participatory design, and resilient-based approaches that prioritize teens' autonomy and self-regulation. Researchers are exploring innovative methods to support young people in designing and evaluating AI systems, such as generative language models, and investigating how these experiences shape their technical and ethical understanding. Noteworthy papers in this area include:

  • Building babyGPTs, which demonstrates the feasibility of engaging youth in designing generative language models, and
  • Towards Resilience and Autonomy-based Approaches for Adolescents Online Safety, which presents a paradigm shift towards teen-centric frameworks for promoting online safety.

Sources

Understanding Adolescents' Perceptions of Benefits and Risks in Health AI Technologies through Design Fiction

Mapping Executive Function Tasks for Children: A Scoping Review for Designing a Research-Oriented Platform

Building babyGPTs: Youth Engaging in Data Practices and Ethical Considerations through the Construction of Generative Language Models

Investigating Youth's Technical and Ethical Understanding of Generative Language Models When Engaging in Construction and Deconstruction Activities

Towards Resilience and Autonomy-based Approaches for Adolescents Online Safety

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