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Cancelling the Trauma Template in AI-Generated Kids Media & All Media | SURF Incubator x Kelly Tutors
A discussion of trauma patterns in AI-generated children’s media and the possibility of teaching AI different storytelling approaches.
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October 28, 2026 · 1 PM – 3 PM
SURF Incubator, Seattle · From $10 ·
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The event examines how AI-generated children’s stories reproduce trauma-centered storytelling and how creators could teach the technology different patterns.
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Organizer’s description
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
Downtown Seattle
Hosted by Kelly Kirk
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