AI is ruining children's books

Forty-one years ago, the late singer, songwriter, and education activist Whitney Houston urged us to teach children and let them lead the way.

Decades later, some believe that this means instructing kids to use scissors as forks; teaching them that zookeepers can sweep under water; and leading them to believe that magical, mystical, rainbow-hunting unicorns speak like an HR manager delivering a performance review.

There's also video after video and post after post claiming that it's not just easy to write and illustrate a children's book using AI prompts, but also that you can make thousands of dollars doing so...