
Cancelling the Trauma Template in AI-Generated Kids Media & All Media | SURF Incubator x Kelly Tutors
October 28, 2026 · 1 PM
SURF Incubator, Seattle
Talk/discussion about AI-generated kids media storytelling patterns and how to improve them, framed around “trauma templates.”
Ask AI to write a children’s story and watch what happens: dead parents, abandoned children, terrifying villains, danger, loss, survival—and then we call the trauma “growth.” Why is THIS the default template??? Stressing kids out while we're supposed to be entertaining them? Why not EDUCATE THEM? AI learned storytelling from us. Now it’s repeating the same patterns back at enormous speed. But that also means we have an opportunity to grab hold of the technology early and teach it something bette
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