Parenting Journal · Volume 3 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Emotional AI in education and toys: Investigating moral risk awareness in the acceptance of AI technologies from a cross-sectional survey of the Japanese population
Originally published 2024-08-13 · Heliyon
Elsevier · DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36251 ↗
AI / system type
Emotional AI / child-technology stakeholder survey
Family implicationsDesign, ethics, stakeholder or technical evidence with child/family implications; household benefits are not assumed.
The AI connection
Focuses on emotional AI or affective computing in children’s toys and educational settings, not on LLM parenting advice.
Why this reading matters
Provides a substantial, child-specific stakeholder study on affective surveillance rather than generic enthusiasm for AI.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How do people weigh privacy and emotional monitoring when AI is aimed at children?
The study examines privacy and emotional-monitoring concerns specifically for children’s AI-enabled education and toys, while distinguishing stakeholder opinion from evidence about children.
Study context
Two thousand Japanese adults; no child outcome sample
Age / stage: Children’s education and toys; respondents were adults aged 20–69
Read with three questions
- Which concerns were associated with acceptance in education and toys?
- How did the study define emotional AI?
- Why do adult attitudes not tell us whether a system helps or harms children?
Keep the limits in view
The single-country online survey used brief measures for complex values. It does not establish causal effects, represent all cultures or measure child experiences and outcomes.
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Manh-Tung Ho; Peter Mantello; Quan-Hoang Vuong (2024). Emotional AI in education and toys: Investigating moral risk awareness in the acceptance of AI technologies from a cross-sectional survey of the Japanese population Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36251
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