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945 I asked AI to show me a picture of my future kids, and learned a harsh lesson in how technology shows us what we want to see, not what’s real

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Silicon Canals Editorial Team @ Silicon Canals · 06/21/2026 18:30 EDT

I asked AI to show me a picture of my future kids, and learned a harsh lesson in how technology shows us what we want to see, not what’s real

I typed in two photographs, one of me and one of my partner, and waited about forty seconds for an app to show me our future child. What it returned was a soft-focus toddler with my partner’s mouth and something close to my eyes, lit like a nappy advertisement. My first reaction was not skepticism. ... Read more

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