July 16, 2025 • 29 mins
From what kids are exploring online to the choices parents are making at the doctor’s office — this week's "Kentucky Focus" with Scott Fitzgerald dives into two conversations shaping how we raise, protect, and prepare the next generation. The tools have changed. So has the trust. All this and more in this week's "Kentucky Focus" with Scott Fitzgerald!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And welcome to Kentucky Focus Times Scott Fitzgerald Warre. Each
week we break down the stories that shape your family,
your community, and your future. Today, we're diving into two
topics that are impacting nearly every household in twenty twenty five.
How artificial intelligence is influencing childhood development and why most Americans,
regardless of politics, still believe in the power of vaccines
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as we see more and more cases of the measles
popping up around the Commonwealth. First, we'll speak with Angela Nicolambay.
She's an AI literacy educator in digital safety advocate who's
helping parents and schools understand how kids as young as
six are already experimenting with AI and what that means
for their safety, creativity, and future thinking skills. Later on,
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we'll hear from Candas demiteas she's with the Partnership to
Fight Infectious Disease.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
She'll join us with the.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Results of a new bipartisan pole that finds overwhelming support
for keeping vaccines accessible to kids again, as we're seeing
more and more cases pop up around the Commonwealth, and
why trust in doctors it means more important than ever.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
That's all had we got a great show for you.
I'm Scott Fitzgerald and this is Kentucky Focus.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
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Speaker 1 (03:53):
Welcome back to Kentucky Focused Times cumfits general. Well, you've
got a kit in your life, there's a good chance
to aren't to interacting with AI, whether it's asking a
chatbot for help with homework or tinkering with an image
generator just for fun. But as these tools become more
common is social media, we're facing a brand new parenting challenge.
How don't we keep kids curious and safe in this
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AI age? Joining me now is Angela Naka Lembe. She
has literacy educator and digital safety advocate who's helping families
in schools make sense of it all.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Angela, thanks for taking time to join us.
Speaker 8 (04:26):
Of course, thanks for having me, Scott.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Let's talk about data when kids use AI tools like
chatbots or image generators.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
What kind of personal information might they be giving away
even unintentionally.
Speaker 10 (04:36):
Well, it's a wide range of data that is available
on the internet. You know, every time you open your device,
your phone, your laptop, is a lot of information going out.
But I do want to kind of take a step
back and talk about the scope or just the adoption
of AI from a global standpoint, because right now we
have about almost a billion people using AI chatbots globally,
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and that's about one out of seven people using that
across the world, and so that's a lot of people
on this new technology. And we think about the amount
of data in It's hard to pinpoint like exact pieces
of data, but I will start with the quantity of
it we have about AI companion apps. Think about something
like character AI that's really popular with children because it
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uses it allows you to build.
Speaker 8 (05:21):
Customizable avatars and such, and.
Speaker 10 (05:23):
You know, play, play or engage with them, ask them questions.
Those apps collect an average about nine out of thirty
five different types of data, and Character AI specifically, if
I'm sure, collects about fifteen types of data, and that
could be everything from your name, your address bas basically
if your IP address, age, gender, all this information that
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can then be used by companies to share targeted ads
or targeted social media content towards your children that you
might not want them seeing or viewing. And so it's
really critical and important to be aware that there's a
lot of information being gathered just from you logging onto
an app to ask a very simple question that can
then have very chaotic or just undesirable downstream effects in
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terms of the type of content that's being pushed to
you when you open social media apps, type of ads
or even news articles and information that's being pushed to you.
Speaker 8 (06:15):
Once you leave those apps.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Sure, and we're talking now with Angela and Nakalamba.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
She's an AI.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Literacy educator and digital safety advocate and she's helping families
in schools make sense of this AI digital age. And Angela,
some people worry that AI could replace critical thinking, especially
in young learners. Do you see that happening or can
it really be used to enhance learning if guided?
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Well, yeah, that's a really important question, and I think
the data does show that there is a bit of
a decline in critical thinking. I think almost half of
gen z have scored poorly on evaluating and identifying critical
short goals within AI technology, right, they're unable to distinguish
the fact.
Speaker 8 (06:54):
And also, and you know when children.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
Use chat, GPT or some form of large language model
for their homework, but it might improve their task performance
or their ability to get this work done. But the
key question reminds, you know, are they able to perform
at that level if AI isn't helping them?
Speaker 8 (07:13):
And that's the key concern that people have.
Speaker 10 (07:15):
A lot of parents and a lot of educators have
expressed that, like, yes, a lot of the increase in
homework assignments being turned in fully complete and all of that,
but it's are the children taking away the information, the
insights and the learning that they're supposed to I think
an example that I had from like a teacher I
talked to, I think had given their class an example
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to give an example of remediation.
Speaker 8 (07:38):
And this is like a media studies.
Speaker 10 (07:39):
Concept, but some of the students had essays talking about
removing chemicals from soil, which is a completely different, unrelated
topic to remediation, which is again like a media studies concept.
And so AI is still a relatively new technology, especially
in this use space, and so there's a huge chance
of what we call hallucinating or like the AI.
Speaker 8 (08:02):
Give the AI question.
Speaker 10 (08:03):
And ask it to help you, but it basically gives
its own answer, its own responses, and if you're just
taking that at face value, as a child especially, it's like,
you know, you're already starting down the wrong path, right,
You're already misguiding yourself. You're doing the opposite of learning right.
And so it's very very important for parents and educators
to be aware of the short folds of this technology
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and be ready to equip their like the children in
their lives, with the skills that they need to assess
the responses of these AI technologies for accuracy, but also
to find ways to teach the children to use AI
not just as a quick fix solution to getting their
learning that but also use it as a guiding partner,
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like a thought partner. There's really cool technologies like kan
Academy is a really fantastic platform or their AI platform.
Instead of just regurgitating a response for you, it shares
a list of like guiding questions to help the students
think through how they could solve a math problem or
think through how they could go about writing an essay response,
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as opposed to just regurgitating the essay response. When parents
or educators sort of equip themselves with this knowledge of
the various tools available, they can hopefully use that to
guide their kids away from the more easily accessible resources
that would just regurgitate a response and more towards learning
AI platforms that would guide the students thinking kind of
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help build that critical thinking muscle that's so crucial, especially
for young and growing minds.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
We're having a great conversation with Angela nakalimbe Is. She
of course, is an AI literacy educator and a digital
safety advocate, and we're talking about the day and age
of AI students and children and howard effects not only
just them, but parents and educators as well. And along
those lines, Angela, what are some of the signs of
a parent is listening now that didn't necessarily grow up
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in this tech laden world that they can look for
in see if their child's becoming overly reliant or misusing AI.
Speaker 10 (10:03):
Oh, that's a really good question. At least like calming
any parents concerns. You do not need to be, you know,
experts on this technology. AI is like a super smart
friend for computers, you know, that helps them learn from.
Speaker 8 (10:14):
Experience just like you know you can as well.
Speaker 10 (10:17):
Just because it's a fairly new technology doesn't mean that
it's something that you should be intimidated by or scared of.
It's definitely something that anyone can jump in and learn
and use.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And so and again talking with Angela and Noacnalambe.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
She's an AI literacy educator and digital safety advocate.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
And we're talking about AI.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
And students, parents and teachers, and you've spoke a lot
about AI, Angela Ande, you certainly know this field.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Well.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Should AI literacy be part of the classroom now moving
forward in classrooms around the country and the world for
that matter, Oh.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (10:51):
I feel like when it comes to AI, AI isn't
coming all right, It's already here in children's daily lives.
Children as a whole are just very early adopters in
by nature, Like you know, kids are able to pick
up languages a lot faster than adults are. Same thing
with new technologies. Kids are a lot able to pick
up new technologies like these large language models way faster
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than adults can. And so knowing that, I think we
are much better off as a society if we try
to find creative ways to integrate AI into the curriculum
as opposed to banning it. Because I think you may
have seen in the news recently there was like a
Columbia University at one of the students who got suspended
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for creating this AI tool that would help people cheat.
And so that's one of the issues that can happen
if you ban AI and make it this like big
bad goal. What it really does is it just makes
kids more intrigued and want to learn about this thing
and want to find ways to sort of like make
it easily accessible for their peers. And what I have
seen work really really well is when parents and educators
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one take that early adoption approach them themselves and sit
down and have a conversation with their children embracing AI
rather than banning it, sitting and finding ways to whether
it's like as a parent, and that's something you can
start having a conversation with your kids, you know, asking them, hey,
what's something really cool you've used like this chat your
fete for like in the past or something, and just
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making it a very simple, inquisitive conversation, opening it up
and making your kid feel safe to like share all
this infant you know, share what they're learning and what
they're talking about at school with that, and then lead
into finding ways to set healthy boundaries for using AI.
And maybe it's you're supervising when your children will be
using those tools, or you're using AI together to create
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a fun bedtime story and so it's like a collaborative
thing that you're doing at home, and so then that
way you're able to sort of use it together and
oversee how your kids are using it. And then when
it comes to educators, I think a really important thing
is making sure you're the students in your class are
aware that what they're interacting with is.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
A program and not a person.
Speaker 10 (13:04):
Because AI can have this very almost like life like,
conversational like nature to it that it can be easy
to mistake as oh, I'm talking to another person. So
making sure children understand this distinction, which helps prevent confusion
and strengthen like effective engagement with the tool. You're teaching
your students how to effectively engage with this and how
to interpret the information that's coming back to them from
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this tool. And also just from the research itself, we
have seen that about eighty two percent of teachers agree
that students should be taught to engage critically with AI
tools as opposed to banning it within schools. And we
have seen like a much larger increase over the last
like from twenty twenty three to now, of AI tools
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within classes or as part of assignments. Right, teachers actively integrating,
you know, like here's how you can use AI for
you know, like this homework assignment. Right, And teachers instructing
their classes and how to use AI to prompt study
guide questions in literature classes. Right, It's like they'll have
the students use AI to generate a list of questions
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they can think about as they read a chapter of
like whatever literature book they're like going through with school
in English class. And I found that a very quick,
easy way to get children to start to use AI independently.
Speaker 8 (14:22):
On their own, but more as a thought partner.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
As opposed to a way to basically give them a
response and ufload their critical thinking to a machine. In summary,
AI is here, and we're going to be better off
as a society if we learn how to embrace it
and work with it, especially when it comes to our children,
as opposed to trying to ban it.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
So the sooner we can start to.
Speaker 10 (14:43):
Have these conversations with the children in our lives and
try to understand how they're using it and try to
see how we can guide their usage towards more of
like a thought companion level and less of an outsourcing
tool to outsource their thinking.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Angela Kno again fantastic conversation. She of course, is an
AI literacy educator and digital safety advocate, and one thing
Angela is we can't afford to be passive. Thank you
so much for helping us replace fear with understanding and
for sharing real life steps families can take today.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
For folks who want to learn more or bring.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
This conversation into their own school, home, or community, where
can they find.
Speaker 8 (15:21):
You, Well, you find me on LinkedIn.
Speaker 10 (15:22):
My name is Angela and nakalambe I have a podcast
coming out with MIT Review in a couple of months
as well, and so we'll be digging in a lot
deeper into their research around AI literacy and how parents
and educators can use AI as a thought companion and
that's a helpful tool to interpret charge their children's education
as opposed to worrying about it stifling their critical thinking
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or their ability to perform without this dependence and technology.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Angela, thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (15:52):
Thank you for having me, Scott have a good one.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Thank you again to Angela and nekkolaonbase when we come back.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
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as Dave Matteus joins us next, I'm Scot Fitzgerald.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Well, when it comes to protecting your children in communities,
where do Americans really stand on vaccines today? A new
poe is offering some surprising and encouraging answers, and we're
breaking down what voters across the political spectrum are saying
and what it means for public health. And while your
doctor's voice still matters most in times of uncertainty, We've
got Candace Dimititeas joining us now and as she joins
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us to talk about what we've got going on here. Candace,
first of all, welcome, thanks for taking time.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
To join us.
Speaker 6 (18:15):
Thank you so much for having me. Scott.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
You're the vice president for the Policy and Advocacy for
the Partnership to Fight Infectious disease.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
What do you all do there besides advocate for this right?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
No, thanks for asking. The Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease
is a group coalition including patient advocates, providers, doctors, nurses
and the like, community organizations, academic researchers, and infectious disease experts,
all working together to raise awareness about the threats posed
by infectious diseases and solutions. And that includes addressing the
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growing threat of antimicrobial or antibiotic resistance and empowering informed
choice and confidence in vaccines that reduce the toll of
infectious diseases.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It sounds like you you guys are well versed in
this background, and that's exactly what we need nowadays for sure, Candace,
This new pole has some strong bipartisan findings.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
What was your first reaction to the results?
Speaker 6 (19:10):
Well, the first reaction was the and really encouraging is
that the vast majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation,
and candidly, if you think about it, political affiliation shouldn't
make a difference right to your health right. But that's
what our polling found is that people really do understand
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and believe in the value of vaccines. The benefits greatly
outweighing the risk concerns about dropping vaccination rates unfortunately, and
people supporting mandates candidly as well for childhood vaccines in particular.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Candace Demitius is joining us.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
She is the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for
the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease. And Candace, can you
break down what stood out the most when it comes
to Americans used on vaccine availability.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
Sure, so, most of the people in the poll, almost
seventy five percent, believe it should be a priority to
make sure that FDA approved vaccines are widely available for
all Americans, So that was really encouraging. And also, the
vast majority of people do follow through on their physician's
advice and either get vaccinations for themselves or for family members,
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and that included eighty eight percent of those polled who
had children in the home under age eighteen. They follow
through on the recommendations that their healthcare provider gives them
about vaccinating their children.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
You know, your poll shows Americans do place most of
their trust in their healthcare providers, thank goodness, and not
what they read on the web. How critical is that
relationship when it comes to vaccine decision making.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
It's very, very important, and as you mentioned, people do
really lean in ask questions. Questions are important, but to
ask them of someone you trust, who knows you, knows
your family, knows your health status, and can make those
recommendations that will benefit you and your family. And that's
what our pulling showed that people do really follow the
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advice of their personal healthcare provider.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
You know, Cannas Dimaiteas joins US now.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
She's the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for the
Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease. Kennis, were you surprised that
trust in long term studies running higher than other sources
of information like the media and government officials, because we
tend to hear that's tend of what we hear a
lot from.
Speaker 6 (21:29):
Well, it's an important question. The challenge is, and you
mentioned social media and the barrage that it is people
do follow the advice of their physician. As we talked about,
they look for safety data and effectiveness data from these
long term studies. But when you think about how often
you hear that information compared to the disinformation and misinformation
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out there about vaccines, it can be a tough field
to climb, if you will, because there's just such a
barrage of it and coming from sources that people feel
like that they may find trustworthy instead of again leaning
in on their healthcare provider's advice.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You know, the concern over declining childhood vaccination rates. I
mean it's ringing loudly. There's a lot of it out
there to your point, in social media, in other avenues.
What do you think is driving that concern and how
can we reverse that trend?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Well, it's such an important question. One is that for
people to recognize that vaccination is the norm. There is
a ton of safety data effectiveness data these vaccines, particularly
the measles vaccine. I know Kentucky's experiencing an outbreak right now,
as are most other states in the country. Candidly that
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people understand that these vaccines, most of them have been
around for decades and vaccines are one of the most
monitored and for safety data of any medicine that's out
there and available in the US because it's given to
help people, generally speaking, and millions of people, so it's
important that we monitor safety. But the profile and the
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record is clear these are safe and effective and particularly
for measles. It's ninety seven percent effective against getting measles,
so a really important vaccine to consider and to protect
yourselves and your families against measles and other infectious diseases.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
We're spending some quality time with Candace dimitieas she is
the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for the Partnership
to Fight Infectious Disease and Candace, what role do you
believe schools, pediatricians, even community groups playing helping parents feel
more informed and confident?
Speaker 6 (23:38):
Another great question it is important to know again schools,
school nurses, public health departments, your personal physician. All of
these sources are great resources for parents who have questions. Again,
questions are important. You know your children are precious and
you want to make sure you're making the smart decisions
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for them that will protect them and keep them healthy.
So leaning in there. They play such an important role.
And there's a vast amount of information from your public
health department, from the Department of Health at the state level,
your local physician as well. The Academy of Pediatrics is
another great resource, so there is information available that is
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credible and accurate and can answer a lot of the
questions that parents have.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Just a couple more questions for you, Candice, because it's
a fantastic interview, great insight into a story that is
a hot button issue right now, no doubt about it,
and more than eighty percent of voters say it's important
for the US to remain a leader in vaccine development.
How does that kind of public banking influence policy decisions,
influence policy decisions at the federal level.
Speaker 6 (24:46):
It's important because as we're seeing, you know, as belts
are tightening, and there have been cuts to public health
at the federal level that also impact the local level
because a lot of the public health funding comes from
the federal government for state and local health departments as well.
So it is important that we continue to fund these
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efforts because we need to be able to track these diseases,
to know where outbreaks occur, to be able to have
vaccination clinics, to get credible information out to people. And
people do want that information. They want that credible information,
they do have questions, and they need to have the
resources to be able to access it.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Final question for you, Ken, This again we're talking with
Candace demiteus Is. She is the vice president of Policy
and Advocacy for the partnership to fight infectious disease. Kennie,
what's the one thing you want listeners to take away
from this poll about vaccines and probably health in general.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
Well, the most important thing about vaccines is to understand
that vaccination is the norm. There's a lot of buzz,
a lot of you know, social media fodder if you will,
that may make you question yourself, well, am I missing
something here? The answer is no, you're not, and the
vast majority of people continue to again lean in on
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their physicians' advice and follow through on vaccination recommendations. Public
health is so important in the goal of helping people
live their best life and optimize their health. That includes
things like clean water, clean air, preventing diabetes and any
number of chronic conditions, and then also vaccination and preventing
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infectious diseases as well. So public health is critically important.
There are a lot of people, hardworking folks across the
state in communities working to make sure restaurants are clean
and safe and all kinds of different aspects that public
health touches that are so critically important in keeping us
all healthy.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Candice Demitaeus, vice President of Policy and Advocacy for the
Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease, just a fascinating conversation, very
well spoking canvas.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
And if folks are listening along and.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
They want to maybe find out more information on what
we just talked not, where can they go?
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Sure soon. The Partnership has a website, it's Fight Infectious
Disease dot org. We have a number of different resources
and then link out to credible sources. But if you
want more detailed information about any of the topics we've
talked about.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Today, Candace, you've been outstanding.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
I really appreciate your time, and I know this being
such a hot button issue. I hope we can talk
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Speaker 1 (03:53):
Welcome back to Kentucky Focused Times cumfits general. Well, you've
got a kit in your life, there's a good chance
to aren't to interacting with AI, whether it's asking a
chatbot for help with homework or tinkering with an image
generator just for fun. But as these tools become more
common is social media, we're facing a brand new parenting challenge.
How don't we keep kids curious and safe in this
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AI age? Joining me now is Angela Naka Lembe. She
has literacy educator and digital safety advocate who's helping families
in schools make sense of it all.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Angela, thanks for taking time to join us.
Speaker 8 (04:26):
Of course, thanks for having me, Scott.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Let's talk about data when kids use AI tools like
chatbots or image generators.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
What kind of personal information might they be giving away
even unintentionally.
Speaker 10 (04:36):
Well, it's a wide range of data that is available
on the internet. You know, every time you open your device,
your phone, your laptop, is a lot of information going out.
But I do want to kind of take a step
back and talk about the scope or just the adoption
of AI from a global standpoint, because right now we
have about almost a billion people using AI chatbots globally,
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and that's about one out of seven people using that
across the world, and so that's a lot of people
on this new technology. And we think about the amount
of data in It's hard to pinpoint like exact pieces
of data, but I will start with the quantity of
it we have about AI companion apps. Think about something
like character AI that's really popular with children because it
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uses it allows you to build.
Speaker 8 (05:21):
Customizable avatars and such, and.
Speaker 10 (05:23):
You know, play, play or engage with them, ask them questions.
Those apps collect an average about nine out of thirty
five different types of data, and Character AI specifically, if
I'm sure, collects about fifteen types of data, and that
could be everything from your name, your address bas basically
if your IP address, age, gender, all this information that
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can then be used by companies to share targeted ads
or targeted social media content towards your children that you
might not want them seeing or viewing. And so it's
really critical and important to be aware that there's a
lot of information being gathered just from you logging onto
an app to ask a very simple question that can
then have very chaotic or just undesirable downstream effects in
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terms of the type of content that's being pushed to
you when you open social media apps, type of ads
or even news articles and information that's being pushed to you.
Speaker 8 (06:15):
Once you leave those apps.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Sure, and we're talking now with Angela and Nakalamba.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
She's an AI.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Literacy educator and digital safety advocate and she's helping families
in schools make sense of this AI digital age. And Angela,
some people worry that AI could replace critical thinking, especially
in young learners. Do you see that happening or can
it really be used to enhance learning if guided?
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Well, yeah, that's a really important question, and I think
the data does show that there is a bit of
a decline in critical thinking. I think almost half of
gen z have scored poorly on evaluating and identifying critical
short goals within AI technology, right, they're unable to distinguish
the fact.
Speaker 8 (06:54):
And also, and you know when children.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
Use chat, GPT or some form of large language model
for their homework, but it might improve their task performance
or their ability to get this work done. But the
key question reminds, you know, are they able to perform
at that level if AI isn't helping them?
Speaker 8 (07:13):
And that's the key concern that people have.
Speaker 10 (07:15):
A lot of parents and a lot of educators have
expressed that, like, yes, a lot of the increase in
homework assignments being turned in fully complete and all of that,
but it's are the children taking away the information, the
insights and the learning that they're supposed to I think
an example that I had from like a teacher I
talked to, I think had given their class an example
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to give an example of remediation.
Speaker 8 (07:38):
And this is like a media studies.
Speaker 10 (07:39):
Concept, but some of the students had essays talking about
removing chemicals from soil, which is a completely different, unrelated
topic to remediation, which is again like a media studies concept.
And so AI is still a relatively new technology, especially
in this use space, and so there's a huge chance
of what we call hallucinating or like the AI.
Speaker 8 (08:02):
Give the AI question.
Speaker 10 (08:03):
And ask it to help you, but it basically gives
its own answer, its own responses, and if you're just
taking that at face value, as a child especially, it's like,
you know, you're already starting down the wrong path, right,
You're already misguiding yourself. You're doing the opposite of learning right.
And so it's very very important for parents and educators
to be aware of the short folds of this technology
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and be ready to equip their like the children in
their lives, with the skills that they need to assess
the responses of these AI technologies for accuracy, but also
to find ways to teach the children to use AI
not just as a quick fix solution to getting their
learning that but also use it as a guiding partner,
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like a thought partner. There's really cool technologies like kan
Academy is a really fantastic platform or their AI platform.
Instead of just regurgitating a response for you, it shares
a list of like guiding questions to help the students
think through how they could solve a math problem or
think through how they could go about writing an essay response,
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as opposed to just regurgitating the essay response. When parents
or educators sort of equip themselves with this knowledge of
the various tools available, they can hopefully use that to
guide their kids away from the more easily accessible resources
that would just regurgitate a response and more towards learning
AI platforms that would guide the students thinking kind of
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help build that critical thinking muscle that's so crucial, especially
for young and growing minds.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
We're having a great conversation with Angela nakalimbe Is. She
of course, is an AI literacy educator and a digital
safety advocate, and we're talking about the day and age
of AI students and children and howard effects not only
just them, but parents and educators as well. And along
those lines, Angela, what are some of the signs of
a parent is listening now that didn't necessarily grow up
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in this tech laden world that they can look for
in see if their child's becoming overly reliant or misusing AI.
Speaker 10 (10:03):
Oh, that's a really good question. At least like calming
any parents concerns. You do not need to be, you know,
experts on this technology. AI is like a super smart
friend for computers, you know, that helps them learn from.
Speaker 8 (10:14):
Experience just like you know you can as well.
Speaker 10 (10:17):
Just because it's a fairly new technology doesn't mean that
it's something that you should be intimidated by or scared of.
It's definitely something that anyone can jump in and learn
and use.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And so and again talking with Angela and Noacnalambe.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
She's an AI literacy educator and digital safety advocate.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
And we're talking about AI.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
And students, parents and teachers, and you've spoke a lot
about AI, Angela Ande, you certainly know this field.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Well.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Should AI literacy be part of the classroom now moving
forward in classrooms around the country and the world for
that matter, Oh.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (10:51):
I feel like when it comes to AI, AI isn't
coming all right, It's already here in children's daily lives.
Children as a whole are just very early adopters in
by nature, Like you know, kids are able to pick
up languages a lot faster than adults are. Same thing
with new technologies. Kids are a lot able to pick
up new technologies like these large language models way faster
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than adults can. And so knowing that, I think we
are much better off as a society if we try
to find creative ways to integrate AI into the curriculum
as opposed to banning it. Because I think you may
have seen in the news recently there was like a
Columbia University at one of the students who got suspended
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for creating this AI tool that would help people cheat.
And so that's one of the issues that can happen
if you ban AI and make it this like big
bad goal. What it really does is it just makes
kids more intrigued and want to learn about this thing
and want to find ways to sort of like make
it easily accessible for their peers. And what I have
seen work really really well is when parents and educators
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one take that early adoption approach them themselves and sit
down and have a conversation with their children embracing AI
rather than banning it, sitting and finding ways to whether
it's like as a parent, and that's something you can
start having a conversation with your kids, you know, asking them, hey,
what's something really cool you've used like this chat your
fete for like in the past or something, and just
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making it a very simple, inquisitive conversation, opening it up
and making your kid feel safe to like share all
this infant you know, share what they're learning and what
they're talking about at school with that, and then lead
into finding ways to set healthy boundaries for using AI.
And maybe it's you're supervising when your children will be
using those tools, or you're using AI together to create
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a fun bedtime story and so it's like a collaborative
thing that you're doing at home, and so then that
way you're able to sort of use it together and
oversee how your kids are using it. And then when
it comes to educators, I think a really important thing
is making sure you're the students in your class are
aware that what they're interacting with is.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
A program and not a person.
Speaker 10 (13:04):
Because AI can have this very almost like life like,
conversational like nature to it that it can be easy
to mistake as oh, I'm talking to another person. So
making sure children understand this distinction, which helps prevent confusion
and strengthen like effective engagement with the tool. You're teaching
your students how to effectively engage with this and how
to interpret the information that's coming back to them from
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this tool. And also just from the research itself, we
have seen that about eighty two percent of teachers agree
that students should be taught to engage critically with AI
tools as opposed to banning it within schools. And we
have seen like a much larger increase over the last
like from twenty twenty three to now, of AI tools
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within classes or as part of assignments. Right, teachers actively integrating,
you know, like here's how you can use AI for
you know, like this homework assignment. Right, And teachers instructing
their classes and how to use AI to prompt study
guide questions in literature classes. Right, It's like they'll have
the students use AI to generate a list of questions
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they can think about as they read a chapter of
like whatever literature book they're like going through with school
in English class. And I found that a very quick,
easy way to get children to start to use AI independently.
Speaker 8 (14:22):
On their own, but more as a thought partner.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
As opposed to a way to basically give them a
response and ufload their critical thinking to a machine. In summary,
AI is here, and we're going to be better off
as a society if we learn how to embrace it
and work with it, especially when it comes to our children,
as opposed to trying to ban it.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
So the sooner we can start to.
Speaker 10 (14:43):
Have these conversations with the children in our lives and
try to understand how they're using it and try to
see how we can guide their usage towards more of
like a thought companion level and less of an outsourcing
tool to outsource their thinking.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Angela Kno again fantastic conversation. She of course, is an
AI literacy educator and digital safety advocate, and one thing
Angela is we can't afford to be passive. Thank you
so much for helping us replace fear with understanding and
for sharing real life steps families can take today.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
For folks who want to learn more or bring.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
This conversation into their own school, home, or community, where
can they find.
Speaker 8 (15:21):
You, Well, you find me on LinkedIn.
Speaker 10 (15:22):
My name is Angela and nakalambe I have a podcast
coming out with MIT Review in a couple of months
as well, and so we'll be digging in a lot
deeper into their research around AI literacy and how parents
and educators can use AI as a thought companion and
that's a helpful tool to interpret charge their children's education
as opposed to worrying about it stifling their critical thinking
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or their ability to perform without this dependence and technology.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Angela, thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (15:52):
Thank you for having me, Scott have a good one.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Thank you again to Angela and nekkolaonbase when we come back.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
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Well, when it comes to protecting your children in communities,
where do Americans really stand on vaccines today? A new
poe is offering some surprising and encouraging answers, and we're
breaking down what voters across the political spectrum are saying
and what it means for public health. And while your
doctor's voice still matters most in times of uncertainty, We've
got Candace Dimititeas joining us now and as she joins
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us to talk about what we've got going on here. Candace,
first of all, welcome, thanks for taking time.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
To join us.
Speaker 6 (18:15):
Thank you so much for having me. Scott.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
You're the vice president for the Policy and Advocacy for
the Partnership to Fight Infectious disease.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
What do you all do there besides advocate for this right?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
No, thanks for asking. The Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease
is a group coalition including patient advocates, providers, doctors, nurses
and the like, community organizations, academic researchers, and infectious disease experts,
all working together to raise awareness about the threats posed
by infectious diseases and solutions. And that includes addressing the
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growing threat of antimicrobial or antibiotic resistance and empowering informed
choice and confidence in vaccines that reduce the toll of
infectious diseases.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It sounds like you you guys are well versed in
this background, and that's exactly what we need nowadays for sure, Candace,
This new pole has some strong bipartisan findings.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
What was your first reaction to the results?
Speaker 6 (19:10):
Well, the first reaction was the and really encouraging is
that the vast majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation,
and candidly, if you think about it, political affiliation shouldn't
make a difference right to your health right. But that's
what our polling found is that people really do understand
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and believe in the value of vaccines. The benefits greatly
outweighing the risk concerns about dropping vaccination rates unfortunately, and
people supporting mandates candidly as well for childhood vaccines in particular.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Candace Demitius is joining us.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
She is the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for
the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease. And Candace, can you
break down what stood out the most when it comes
to Americans used on vaccine availability.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
Sure, so, most of the people in the poll, almost
seventy five percent, believe it should be a priority to
make sure that FDA approved vaccines are widely available for
all Americans, So that was really encouraging. And also, the
vast majority of people do follow through on their physician's
advice and either get vaccinations for themselves or for family members,
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and that included eighty eight percent of those polled who
had children in the home under age eighteen. They follow
through on the recommendations that their healthcare provider gives them
about vaccinating their children.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
You know, your poll shows Americans do place most of
their trust in their healthcare providers, thank goodness, and not
what they read on the web. How critical is that
relationship when it comes to vaccine decision making.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
It's very, very important, and as you mentioned, people do
really lean in ask questions. Questions are important, but to
ask them of someone you trust, who knows you, knows
your family, knows your health status, and can make those
recommendations that will benefit you and your family. And that's
what our pulling showed that people do really follow the
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advice of their personal healthcare provider.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
You know, Cannas Dimaiteas joins US now.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
She's the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for the
Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease. Kennis, were you surprised that
trust in long term studies running higher than other sources
of information like the media and government officials, because we
tend to hear that's tend of what we hear a
lot from.
Speaker 6 (21:29):
Well, it's an important question. The challenge is, and you
mentioned social media and the barrage that it is people
do follow the advice of their physician. As we talked about,
they look for safety data and effectiveness data from these
long term studies. But when you think about how often
you hear that information compared to the disinformation and misinformation
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out there about vaccines, it can be a tough field
to climb, if you will, because there's just such a
barrage of it and coming from sources that people feel
like that they may find trustworthy instead of again leaning
in on their healthcare provider's advice.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You know, the concern over declining childhood vaccination rates. I
mean it's ringing loudly. There's a lot of it out
there to your point, in social media, in other avenues.
What do you think is driving that concern and how
can we reverse that trend?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Well, it's such an important question. One is that for
people to recognize that vaccination is the norm. There is
a ton of safety data effectiveness data these vaccines, particularly
the measles vaccine. I know Kentucky's experiencing an outbreak right now,
as are most other states in the country. Candidly that
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people understand that these vaccines, most of them have been
around for decades and vaccines are one of the most
monitored and for safety data of any medicine that's out
there and available in the US because it's given to
help people, generally speaking, and millions of people, so it's
important that we monitor safety. But the profile and the
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record is clear these are safe and effective and particularly
for measles. It's ninety seven percent effective against getting measles,
so a really important vaccine to consider and to protect
yourselves and your families against measles and other infectious diseases.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
We're spending some quality time with Candace dimitieas she is
the vice president of Policy and Advocacy for the Partnership
to Fight Infectious Disease and Candace, what role do you
believe schools, pediatricians, even community groups playing helping parents feel
more informed and confident?
Speaker 6 (23:38):
Another great question it is important to know again schools,
school nurses, public health departments, your personal physician. All of
these sources are great resources for parents who have questions. Again,
questions are important. You know your children are precious and
you want to make sure you're making the smart decisions
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for them that will protect them and keep them healthy.
So leaning in there. They play such an important role.
And there's a vast amount of information from your public
health department, from the Department of Health at the state level,
your local physician as well. The Academy of Pediatrics is
another great resource, so there is information available that is
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credible and accurate and can answer a lot of the
questions that parents have.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Just a couple more questions for you, Candice, because it's
a fantastic interview, great insight into a story that is
a hot button issue right now, no doubt about it,
and more than eighty percent of voters say it's important
for the US to remain a leader in vaccine development.
How does that kind of public banking influence policy decisions,
influence policy decisions at the federal level.
Speaker 6 (24:46):
It's important because as we're seeing, you know, as belts
are tightening, and there have been cuts to public health
at the federal level that also impact the local level
because a lot of the public health funding comes from
the federal government for state and local health departments as well.
So it is important that we continue to fund these
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efforts because we need to be able to track these diseases,
to know where outbreaks occur, to be able to have
vaccination clinics, to get credible information out to people. And
people do want that information. They want that credible information,
they do have questions, and they need to have the
resources to be able to access it.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Final question for you, Ken, This again we're talking with
Candace demiteus Is. She is the vice president of Policy
and Advocacy for the partnership to fight infectious disease. Kennie,
what's the one thing you want listeners to take away
from this poll about vaccines and probably health in general.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
Well, the most important thing about vaccines is to understand
that vaccination is the norm. There's a lot of buzz,
a lot of you know, social media fodder if you will,
that may make you question yourself, well, am I missing
something here? The answer is no, you're not, and the
vast majority of people continue to again lean in on
(26:04):
their physicians' advice and follow through on vaccination recommendations. Public
health is so important in the goal of helping people
live their best life and optimize their health. That includes
things like clean water, clean air, preventing diabetes and any
number of chronic conditions, and then also vaccination and preventing
(26:27):
infectious diseases as well. So public health is critically important.
There are a lot of people, hardworking folks across the
state in communities working to make sure restaurants are clean
and safe and all kinds of different aspects that public
health touches that are so critically important in keeping us
all healthy.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Candice Demitaeus, vice President of Policy and Advocacy for the
Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease, just a fascinating conversation, very
well spoking canvas.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
And if folks are listening along and.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
They want to maybe find out more information on what
we just talked not, where can they go?
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Sure soon. The Partnership has a website, it's Fight Infectious
Disease dot org. We have a number of different resources
and then link out to credible sources. But if you
want more detailed information about any of the topics we've
talked about.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Today, Candace, you've been outstanding.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
I really appreciate your time, and I know this being
such a hot button issue. I hope we can talk
again soon. You've been a great wealth of information.
Speaker 6 (27:24):
Thank you so much for having me, Scott.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
That was Candace Demitaeus from the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease.
A reminder that science, access and trust still matter in
protecting our kids communities. We're back to wrap things up.
I'm Scott Fitzgerald. This is Kentucky Focus.
Speaker 12 (27:43):
Hi, I'm Gary Sonise. At the end of your workday,
do you know you've made a difference The Veterans Affairs
medical staff too, the doctors, nurses, counselors and health technicians
get to care for perhaps the most deserving of all Americans,
men and women who have served in our nation's art forces.
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Visit VA Careers dot BA dot gov to find out
how you can make a difference to.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
And that's going to do it.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
For this week's Kentucky Focus, I being thank you to
Angela Nika Longbey for helping us make sense of childhood
and the artificial intelligence age, and of course Candae demitaeis
for showing us how many Kentuckians still stand behind vaccines
as a pillar of public health.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Even as measles are outbreaking throughout the state.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
If you missed any part of the show, feel free
to email me Scott Fitzgerald at iHeartMedia dot com against
Scott Fitzgerald at iHeartMedia dot com.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
I'll provide you with a link and we'll get you
the information you need.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Again, I'm Scott Fitzgerald for all of us, the Kentucky
News Network and Kentucky Focus. Until next time, stay informed,
stay engaged, and most importantly, take care of each other.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Kentucky Focus on the Kentucky News Network the show that
looks at issues affecting the Commonwealth and it's citizens. We
cover state politics, in history and interest stories, sports, and
even entertainment. It's Kentucky focus on kNN.
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but the real danger is in your hand when you're
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