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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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Post by threetonesun »

nkrisc wrote: post #11

> 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?

Filter the input? If it's trained on all kid-friendly material and you have guardrails on the inputs what's going to come out. I believe Apple has done this pretty successfully on their image gen stuff that was clearly aimed at kids. Granted the outputs are... very boring, but they seem to never give back anything inappropriate.

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

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

xnx wrote: post #4

> 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.

Yeah. It's bad enough if kids prompting this stuff online is the new form that creativity is going to take. But this way, it's generating electronic crap that will end up in landfills as well.

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

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Post by starkparker »

easton wrote: post #3

don't mean to steal your customers, but can I just buy good thermal sticker paper somewhere that would work with a regular receipt printer? That would be fun for side nonsense, with or without AI. When I was more youthful I remember getting the avery sticker sheets for a school election, but a roll where someone could do one at a time would be more useful for random stuff.

500 BPA/BPS-free 4"x3" thermal labels for $16 or less: https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Labels-Shipping-Multipurpose-...

Any of a variety of 4" thermal shipping label printers without AI, generally ranging from $30 to $75: https://www.amazon.com/Phomemo-Bluetooth-241BT-Wireless-Comp...

Everything about this is marked up to hell to pay for the generative AI end.

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

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Post by mh- »

cobbzilla wrote: post #20

wow the haters are out today! Happy Holidays All! Congratulations to Bob & Arun on the launch!

This post has the highest % of unflagged comments in violation of the HN guidelines I've seen in a long time.

All the constructive/neutral comments are downvoted, too, giving them even more visibility.

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

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Post by SiempreViernes »

xnx wrote: post #4

> 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.

Some kids might not have arms though? So this helps with that bit, but I'm not sure what they would do with the stickers.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

cube00 wrote: post #27
jackb4040 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

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Post by GaryBluto »

devmor wrote: post #18

Wow, a product that exists entirely to deprive children of the ability to develop artistic creativity. It's rare that I see a launch on HN that I could call abjectly evil, but this is certainly it.

How dramatic. It's a little box that lets children make stickers by asking it, it's not "abjectly evil" in any sense.
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