A mother catches a 6-year-old boy who uses Alexa to "cheat" his homework

One of the simplest systems to use is voice control. Indeed, speech is one of the most primitive means of communication of the human being. And it is precisely this installation that allowed a six-year-old boy to use artificial intelligence from Amazon, Alexa, to cheat on his homework.

The mother of New Jersey in the United States surprised him. in a video that has become viral. He is in the room doing his math homework when he uses Alexa to solve problems instead. At one point, the boy, named Jariel, asks artificial intelligence: "How much are 5 minus 3". Here, the system responds to an audible 2 – interrupted by the boy's mother.

INSERT TEXT OR TURN OFF THIS LINE! However, users have praised the attitude of the child to use the technology in his favor. Some called the genius boy and "Einstein" for the peripecia. However, the mother feared that the boy would not learn to do the accounts herself and still needed the calculator.

Recent studies are beginning to question the need to teach practices such as solving such calculations under the pretext that there are more and more mechanisms that provide the answer for many more precisely and quickly than a human being. Until then though, the young Jariel will stay away from Alexa, at least when he will be taking his math clbad.

Source: El País