In the hierarchy

1. Part II: Societal & Human Concerns
2. D12. Human–Computer Interaction Harms
3. 12.3 Youth-specific harms

Virtues and principles to explore

Held as inquiry, not as a verdict.

• Dignity

  Center principle

  Every person is a protagonist, not a data point.

• Listening

  Trust

  Listen to understand, rather than listen to speak.

• Seeing potential

  Hope

  Ask what people could become with these tools, not whom they replace.

Starter questions

Written to probe curiosity and learning, not accusation.

1. 01What might we be missing if we treat “AI companions and adolescent development” only as a technical problem?
2. 02If a colleague raised this concern tomorrow, how would we receive it as inquiry rather than accusation?
3. 03What capacity would we need — in people, in the institution, in the tools — to meet this well?
4. 04What would Seeing potential require of us here, before we proceed?

Also on this branch

• Chatbots producing self-harm content20
• Chatbots normalizing disordered eating16
• Chatbots on suicidality20
• AI-mediated cyberbullying20
• Peer NCII in schools16
• AI grooming risk15

Frameworks and sources

• NIST AI 600-1 Generative AI Profileframework