China dad modifies TV to quiz son on school subjects every 10 minutes to curb screen addiction
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.
A father in southern China used artificial intelligence (AI) to modify his home TV system and tackle his son’s TV addiction. The system requires the boy to answer academic questions every 10 minutes to continue watching. His method has gone viral on mainland Chinese social media, with many parents asking him to share a tutorial on modifying their TV sets, Shenzhen TV reported. The father, from Shenzhen, was not named in the report. He said that while he works as a taxi driver, his son, a junior...
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- Nov 11, 2:23 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisChina dad modifies TV to quiz son on school subjects every 10 minutes to curb screen addictionscmp.com ↗
- Nov 11, 11:37 PM UTC+21 hChinese dad uses AI to make son answer a school question every 10 minutes to keep watching TVe.vnexpress.net ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 11:37 PM UTC · +21 h
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