“. its children who will be using robots to make their art just like grownups” That’s very true. Prime example; VIDEO EDITING. 7/8 year olds have video editing skills and do special effects and proper cuts and zooms, etc at skill levels that rival anything adults could have done with training just a few years ago. Tools are easier to use yes, but moreso than that, they are able to express what they want to see and some of them do amazing work all by themselves without parents or siblings helping. This is the power of well made technology; Kids can’t help being all thumbs as muscle control takes years to develop but if you give them the tools that can work with them at their levels, they can do amazing things. My now 5 year old youngest ne who grew up with a tablet in the high chair can compete equally with middle schoolers and high schoolers in games at Roblox using the tablet; searches Google to get exactly what he wants in games and apps for his tablet; knows how to find what he wants on Youtube and follows whatever interests him to learning. I love what the tech affords people to do; I worked with kids with cerebral palsy in the early 90s at a center for it in Union NJ, one that I went to when I was between 2-4 yrs old for physical therapy. One of the things I did was setting up computers and the communication interfaces for them and teaching them how to use it. We often don’t realize just how powerful what we’re using right now really is; like you and I communicating; this is assistive; impossible really in other circumstances in life to have this instant conversation.

“. its children who will be using robots to make their art just like grownups”
That’s very true.
Prime example; VIDEO EDITING.
7/8 year olds have video editing skills and do special effects and proper cuts and zooms, etc at skill levels that rival anything adults could have done with training just a few years ago.
Tools are easier to use yes, but moreso than that, they are able to express what they want to see and some of them do amazing work all by themselves without parents or siblings helping.
This is the power of well made technology; Kids can’t help being all thumbs as muscle control takes years to develop but if you give them the tools that can work with them at their levels, they can do amazing things.
My now 5 year old youngest ne who grew up with a tablet in the high chair can compete equally with middle schoolers and high schoolers in games at Roblox using the tablet; searches Google to get exactly what he wants in games and apps for his tablet; knows how to find what he wants on Youtube and follows whatever interests him to learning.
I love what the tech affords people to do;
I worked with kids with cerebral palsy in the early 90s at a center for it in Union NJ, one that I went to when I was between 2-4 yrs old for physical therapy.
One of the things I did was setting up computers and the communication interfaces for them and teaching them how to use it.
We often don’t realize just how powerful what we’re using right now really is; like you and I communicating; this is assistive; impossible really in other circumstances in life to have this instant conversation.

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