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• A From the Alexas they converse with, to their robot playmates, to the YouTube wormholes they disappear into, the children and adolescents of today are born into a world increasingly powered by virtual reality and artificial intelligence (A
• B Like all fundamental technological change, AI is not only changing what humans can do, it is shaping our behaviours, our preferences, our perceptions of the world and of ourselves. (
• C But one of the most pressing concerns is that not everyone can tap into the opportunities offered by this transformation offered by AI, as two-thirds of the world’s children do not have access to the Internet at home. (
• D Since most of the training of AI models occurs at a central location, developers and IT professionals have to move large volumes of data back and forth from repositories and this constant data exchange is further slowed by data privacy and data ownership requirements. (
• E Unless we take rapid and concerted action to close this digital divide, AI will radically amplify societal inequalities among children of different races, socio-economic background, genders, and regions.
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