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Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

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Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

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Does a human review every sticker before it's ever shown to a child? If not, it's only a matter of time before the AI spits out something accidentally horrific.

I searched their site for any information on "how" they can claim it's safe for kids. This is what I could find: https://stickerbox.com/blogs/all/ai-for-kids-a-parent-s-guid... > No internet open browsing or open chat features. > AI toys shouldn’t need to go online or talk to strangers to work. Offline AI keeps playtime private and focused on creativity. > No recording or long-term data storage. > If it’s recording,…

I'm sure you are correct about being able to do some clever prompting or tricks to get it to print inappropriate stickers, but I believe in this case it may be OK.

If you consider a threat model where the threat is printing inappropriate stickers, who are the threat actors? Children who are attempting to circumvent the controls and print inappropriate stickers? If they already know about topics that they shouldn't be printing and are trying to get it to print, I think they probably don't truly _Need_ the guardrails at that point.

In the same way many small businesses don't (most likely can't even afford to) opt to put security controls in place that are only relevant to blocking nation state attackers, this device really only needs enough controls in place to prevent a child from accidentally getting an inappropriate output.

It's just a toy for kids to print stickers with, and as soon as the user is old enough to know or want to see more adult content they can just go get it on a computer.

Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

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> We wanted to let kids combine the power of their ideas with AI tools Why? Kids can combine the power of their ideas with crayons, markers, and pencils.

This is the best answer. Although cool, I can see how this product will just inhibit instead of enabling creativity and play in kids. Instead of having to draw something to see it, refining the drawing over minutes or hours, the kid will just lazily ask for some half formed idea, and see it materialize from thin air. That's just sad

Agree with all of that apart from "although cool". Why is it 'cool'? It's 'cool' only in the way Elon Musk and his retracting door handles are 'cool'.

Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

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> Stickerbox is our attempt to make modern AI kid-safe, playful, and tangible. We’d love to hear what you think! How is it made to be "kid-safe"? > Our model includes strict safety filters that block inappropriate content before it ever appears, ensuring that every creation stays fun, imaginative, and age-appropriate. How do you filter the output of a generative AI like this?

Cynically, my guess is it's just through the system prompt.

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Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

#25
Hey so I looked at your website and you say you're KidSafe COPPA certified, yet on their website it only mentions you as KidSafe listed? Any reason for the discrepancy?

https://www.kidsafeseal.com/certifiedproducts/stickerbox_dev...

Also, do you guys have CPSC CPC certificate? I couldn't find anything to that effect.

Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

#27

Does a human review every sticker before it's ever shown to a child? If not, it's only a matter of time before the AI spits out something accidentally horrific.

I searched their site for any information on "how" they can claim it's safe for kids. This is what I could find: https://stickerbox.com/blogs/all/ai-for-kids-a-parent-s-guid... > No internet open browsing or open chat features. > AI toys shouldn’t need to go online or talk to strangers to work. Offline AI keeps playtime private and focused on creativity. > No recording or long-term data storage. > If it’s recording,…

They fail their own checklist in that article.

> Here’s a parent checklist for safe AI play:

> [...] AI toys shouldn’t need to go online

From the FAQ:

> Can I use Stickerbox without Wi-Fi?

> You will need Wi-Fi or a hotspot connection to connect and generate new stickers.

Re: Show HN: Stickerbox, a kid-safe, AI-powered voice to sticker printer

#29
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> We wanted to let kids combine the power of their ideas with AI tools Why? Kids can combine the power of their ideas with crayons, markers, and pencils.

More options is better. I think it's possible for a niche to exist for AI creative tools like this.

I'm struggling to find the creative part in having an AI print stickers for a child. Seems like the entire creative part is skipped over.
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