Screen resolution
So many people, young and old, are glued to the screens of their gadgets or computers almost all day long. It seems there is no solution to this addiction to online games and videos.
A tech-savvy father from China, however, tweaked his home entertainment system to tackle his son’s television addiction.
Worried about his son’s neglect of his studies because he was spending too much time in front of the screen, the father turned to an artificial intelligence (AI) app for a solution, and it advised him to develop a “question-answering key” program, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
The app made the program, and the father installed it on the home TV. While the boy is watching, a mathematics or English question pops up every 10 minutes on the screen. If the boy answers correctly, he can resume watching. If not, another question pops up for him to answer. The son liked the program and was able to study while watching TV.
The father shared a video of the method on mainland Chinese social media, and it went viral, with many parents asking him to make a tutorial on modifying their TV sets, Shenzhen TV reported, according to the SCMP.
Meanwhile, a woman surnamed Zhong, who lives in a suburban area of Meizhou in Guangdong province, China, has revealed her own solution to her son’s addiction to online gaming.
When her son was a secondary school student 20 years ago, he became addicted to gaming, which resulted in a significant drop in his grades, the SCMP reported.
She recalled her initial action of dragging her son out of local internet cafes, which led to a prolonged feud between them.
When her son, Suode, quit his job in 2020 and spent long hours gaming at home, Zhong observed her son’s hobby and tried it. The son taught her how to play. From a bumbling gamer, she improved through relentless practice.
Zhong became so good at shooting games that she began live-streaming in 2022, amassing more than 8,000 hours of gameplay. She rose to fame in December 2024 when she eliminated a 17-year-old world champion from Russia in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
The mother and son’s roles are now reversed, with Suode serving as his mother’s full-time agent. She is known in the gaming scene as Auntie Juan.