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I'm really hoping I will have the patience to discuss with them and pay attention to their imagination and not numb them down with this crap. Sorry for being harsh. This just made me sad and angry.
The AI generated images of kids in the "Community Creations" section is a little bit weird... might be better to keep the kids more cartoony like the main image (Pixar-style - though obviously be careful of Copyright there). Haven't played much with the other generation tools, but it's genuinely a cool idea and one I've thought of creating myself as a dad to a 2.5 year old.
My dad recently passed away but some of the sweetest things we remember as kids was how he would always tell us "make up stories." They were silly little stories that were probably lame, but we could feel his love for us as he took the time to spin up some silly little story. I would never trade that for the best LLM creativity.
If you really mean this, I invite you to reflect on whether the LLM generated stories will be any better. Good art including stories, even those for children, have the power to move people, and are so much more than what AI slop can offer.
Would you like to read some LLM generated novels before bedtime? If not, why not extend the same grace to your daughters?
> Like many parents, I found that standard bedtime stories didn't always capture their unique imagination. So, I built Lyra Kids (https://lyra.kids) to turn our nightly ritual into something more magical.
We have the standard template product pitch here (“Unlike our competitors, our product does XYZ”) but turned against _the entirety of children’s literature_.
You really think that many parents find “standard bedtime stories” insufficient?
Look, we have a couple of those books that use your kid’s name and a custom illustration that resembles them. They’re about as sophisticated as a Hallmark card and equally unrewarding. The kids get a kick out of it, but it’s a rare amusement and not actual interest. You don’t talk about the plot or the characters of a Mad Lib.
I’ll set aside my moral outrage and assume that you wanted to build this project no matter what and backed into the product positioning later, because the alternative is too depressing to consider.