Understanding Parents' Complex Views of AI for Children's Pretend Play

תקציר מקורי באנגליתarXiv:2609.39906v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI could support children's pretend play, but it could also direct the play on behalf of children. Whether AI should have roles in children's lives is controversial because its influence on children remains uncertain. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 U.S. parents, each with at least one child aged 4-15. During the interview, we described the concept of AI-supported pretend play and provided participants with two boundary-case storyboards. We analyzed the interview data through codebook thematic analysis, using inductive coding and affinity diagramming organized around the research questions, and then used qualitative systems mapping to examine relationships within and across themes. We found that the same characteristics of A