Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us? | Dave Schilling
Tech companies offer eye-movement trackers, personalized podcasts and ‘optimized nap predictions’. Who actually needs this? What job in our world is less lucrative than being a parent? A Hollywood internship? Volunteering at a soup kitchen? Professional writer? Parenting is the only job you have to pay money to do. Lots of money . Lodging, clothes, food, school, Pokémon cards – it really adds up. And it’s getting worse. According to the tech industry, I have to strap my drooling offspring to a c
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Published: 8 August 2026
Source: The Guardian
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy · Children & education
Retrieved: 9 August 2026
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