If nothing else (not that I am saying they are nothing else), these are a fascinating study of the development of language. Look at how they decide to spell words. I particularly like the way the kid who did the fourth one from the top wrote the word "is" in mirror image.

@ #1: I think I know what you mean when you say you don't care for kids, they can be annoying, sure. But I am wary of disparaging children in general. I came across a saying once that has always stuck with me: "Beware of any power that does not bow to children," and I think this is valid. Yes we're all tired of the trite and hokey "the children are the future," but it's actually true. I have high hopes for some of these kids that are growing up in the information saturated environment that the internet is fostering.

If that's what that was in those videos you linked, Japanese children's TV is better than ours (though it has admittedly been a number of years since I have watched children's programming domestically or abroad). Thanks for the links.

And thanks for the post. That is impressive, and these damn things make me proud to be alive.

To me this is a funny take on the bicameral nature of consciousness

What if the singularity had already occurred and some of our peers that we posted and emailed with here on the net were AI, the Hive Mind, God, Skynet, call it what you will?

"The fire that burns twice as bright burns only half as long . . ."