Informal YouTube interview (Episode 24) where a teen named Devin discusses personal experiences and attitudes toward AI. Devin reports using ChatGPT to do math homework (about a week), is 14 years old, aspires to play basketball or pursue trade jobs like welding/plumbing, and expresses concern that AI companions ("AI girlfriends") could erode social skills. He is open to AI tutors but skeptical about AI fully replacing human teachers or leaders.
No, I'm not gonna have a good answer.
That's okay. There's no wrong answers. So. Yeah. You ready? We good? So what's your name?
Devin.
Devin, okay. So do you think AI is gonna kill us all or take our jobs? Are you worried about your future with AI?
You know, right now I'm just using AI to like copy like, like all my homework and stuff.
Okay, what kind of homework?
Like math. I suck at math.
You suck at math? Then what do you do? Like, how do. What do you mean you copy?
Like, I just put the question. Yep. And then they answer it for me.
So how long you been doing that?
Probably like, like, like a week.
A week? You just discovered it a week ago?
I discover it, but like math and hard math.
Hard. What kind of math?
Yeah. I don't know. It's like function and stuff.
Okay, okay. Like, like algebra 2 or linear algebra. Okay, yeah, got it. Okay, so that's how you're using it now? Do you ask it anything else besides math? No, just that. Okay, got it. Interesting. And do you know, like, kind of what you want to do growing up?
I want to play basketball, but if I don't play that, if I don't play basketball, I want to be like. I want to have like a trade job.
A trade job? Like what? Like plumbing, Electrical.
Yeah, plumbing. Plumbing. I don't really care which one.
You don't care which one? Okay, interesting. Okay, so let's say, let's say like, you know, what are your thoughts on AI companions? Like AI girlfriend. Oh, that is weird. That's weird. Tell me more.
AI girlfriend is gonna kill us.
That now that's gonna kill us. Wait, tell me, why do you think he'll kill us?
Because it's like no social, like nose. No social skills in that. People don't know how to talk to girls. They just, hey, play with they self all day.
Yeah, not good. So that wouldn't be good for humanity. Got it.
Yes, that. I'm against that.
You're against that. So you would slightly judge if other people were trying to do a high girlfriend? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like if they're taking it serious.
If they were taking it serious.
If you get on there, just see what it is.
See what it is. Like discover if you're like, in it.
I gotta text my AI girlfriend.
Wait, say that again.
Like if you like, you like, make it your one job to just. I gotta text my AI girlfriend. I gotta.
Yeah, sorry, homies. Like, I gotta go hit up my AI girlfriend. Like that would be a little weird. Okay. What if you had an AI teacher thoughts on that?
Hey, never thought about that. But I don't know if that would be bad.
You don't know if it'd be bad?
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
Okay, think about it a little bit. Like if you were just replace your math teacher with an AI teacher, how do you feel about that? What do you think?
I don't know if I would like that.
Yeah. Okay. Why not?
It don't like. It don't like AI doesn't have like the same. I don't know, just. It won't feel the same.
It's not like human.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Got it.
Interaction stuff.
Okay, interesting.
If I try to crack a joke with the AI, like I don't know what it's going to do.
It probably says like, I got to get to my AI girlfriend. Okay, interesting. Okay, so you want to get into trades. Are you choosing that? Because there's more security in that with a job with AI, like it's harder to replace that with AI.
No, that's not necessarily the reason. I, I was just on TikTok one day like, like a year or two ago. Yeah. And then I see something about trade jobs and I just got into it ever since.
Oh, so you've been like looking into it?
Yeah.
Tell me more about that. It interested you?
Yeah, like it interested me, but I. Oh, all right. The one that I like the most, I always forget the name but like it's where like you gotta. You have like a helmet on and then like. And like all the electric. You gotta like weld. Oh, welder.
Welder, okay. Like out in the ocean and stuff. Dude. Doing like dangerous stuff.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, so you saw some tick tocks of that and it inspired you career wise. Cool. So now you think you're gonna go for it?
Yeah.
Oh, dude, you totally got this. Okay, so you're 14?
Yeah.
Cool. Okay. And you're using chat GPT for math. Would you use it for anything else? Like writing English, anything like that?
I mean, if I had to, but not right now. I don't have to.
Why is that? It's not hard enough or it's not hard for me. Okay, so math is the only one that's hard and you go to AI for that? Do you feel like that would make you worse at math over time or do you not care about being good at it?
I don't really care about being good at math. I just want to.
So wait, so you don't care about being good at math? So wait, wait.
I just want to pass my class. That's it.
Oh, so you actually don't care if you're good at math, you just want to pass it? So it's a tool to help you pass it. Okay. What if you had an AI tutor?
That wouldn't be bad.
That wouldn't be bad. Yeah. Okay.
It's just giving me extra help. But if. If the main teacher was my AI?
That's weird. Okay, but. But AI tutor is all right. Okay. Interesting. Another question. What do you think of what if we had an AI president versus the president? We have now thoughts on that. Okay.
No, Donald Trump is horrible, but AI. I don't know if that would be much better. I don't know.
You don't know if it'd be much better? Okay, so Donald Trump and then AI level intelligence. Do you think AI is getting smarter over time? Yeah. Do you think Donald Trump's getting smarter over time? So then at some point you think you would choose for real? Okay. Yeah. Interesting. Interesting. Okay, cool. Yo, this was so great. Any. Do you want to shout out anything?
Nah.
Not even your friends? It's all good. Yo. Thank you so much for the time. I appreciate you. Have a good one.
