Artificial intelligence has moved out of the office and the university lecture hall and into the primary school classroom, and a fresh survey suggests plenty of parents are uneasy about it.
Half of those polled said they were worried their child “relies on AI too much,” according to Deloitte’s annual back-to-school study.
The figure comes from a survey of 1,150 parents of school-aged children, and it lands in the middle of a broader argument about how much technology belongs in a child’s day.
It echoes earlier findings that children are picking up AI faster than adults, and it revives an older debate about screen time and where sensible limits should sit.
What makes the worry striking is how far ahead of the classroom it runs. Only 22% of parents said their child’s school provides approved generative AI tools, and just 33% said their school has set guidelines for using the technology at all.
