الحوار الفكري
Volume 19, Numéro 1, Pages 171-190
2025-12-28
Childhood Vulnerability In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
Authors : Brikel Hachemi .
Abstract
Abstract Abstract : This study analyzes the profound and multi-layered transformations impacting childhood in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly within socially and environmentally unstable contexts such as forced migration, poverty, and climate-related displacement. It argues that the child is no longer formed within traditional frameworks—like family or school—but rather within algorithmic digital environments that reconstruct knowledge, reshape emotions, and reprogram values and behaviors. The analysis focuses on three interrelated dimensions: (1) cognitive development, which may be accelerated by AI tools but often at the cost of imagination, creativity, and reflective autonomy; (2) hidden behavioral addiction, rooted in algorithmic repetition, digital rewards, and emotional programming that alter children’s attentional and emotional patterns; and (3) value formation, through which consumerist, globalized norms are subtly imposed at the expense of local cultures, especially among migrant, refugee, and low-income children. The study underscores that these digital environments operate differently across demographic and socioeconomic lines, with children in vulnerable communities often exposed to unregulated content, lacking access to critical pedagogy, and facing digital dependency without institutional safeguards. Despite its conceptual depth, the study recognizes the absence of empirical data as a limitation: no case studies, demographic breakdowns, or direct observation from affected communities are currently included. It concludes that AI acts as a dual force—educational in potential yet hegemonic in structure—necessitating urgent ethical, pedagogical, and policy responses that are culturally grounded, socially inclusive, and informed by the lived realities of children in precarious settings.
Keywords
: Artificial Intelligence - Childhood Vulnerability - Cognitive Development - Behavioral Addiction - Value Formation
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