Generational Friction and Practical Pragmatism: How Today’s Youth View, Use, and Challenge Artificial Intelligence
Executive Overview When adults set out to study how children and teenagers interact with artificial intelligence, expectations are frequently shaped by generational biases. Older generations often anticipate binary extremes: either uncritical technological utopianism or malicious shortcuts designed to bypass learning entirely. Adults assume today’s youth are utilizing generative models to cheat on assignments with the…