Everyone loves cartoons. Tom and Jerry, Oswald, Bob the Builder, the list of amazing cartoons children love goes on. Cartoons have gone through evolutionary changes over the years.  

Cartoons have been a part of cinema history since the first motion pictures were made in the late 1800s. A cartoon is a movie made by using animation instead of live actors, especially a humorous film intended for children. Cartoons can also be described as making movies by filming a sequence of slightly varying drawings or models so that they appear to move and change when the sequence is shown. These elements keep viewers glued to their seats.  

Cartoons were initially short because people would watch these shorts in movie theatres before their feature films. When cartoonists could put their shows on TV, they began to get longer, creating the half-hour block shows on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and the Disney Channel today. Also, the cartoons had to become more "family-friendly" so that more people would watch their shows. 

It was once believed that the brain's development was pre-determined through genes and that it is growth followed an already determined path > modern research proves that experiences at early ages have an effect on the development of the brain and affect the way in which the internal circuits of the brain become connected, which means that a baby's brain is still under development. 

The idea 

When the main character of a kids' TV show can both listen and respond to viewers by using advances in AI. In a study, an interactive version was created. The main character, a curious bunny named Elinor, posed questions to the children. She then listens to their responses and replies with feedback specific to their answers or provides additional clues when needed. 

In another study, 240 children were divided into three groups of 80. The first group watched the "Elinor Wonders Why" episodes in the interactive format we created. The second group watched the original broadcast without any questions or responses from Elinor. The third group watched a semi-interactive version similar to "Dora the Explorer," where the main character asks a question, pauses as if she is listening and provides generic feedback. 

After the children watched the episodes, the understanding of the science concepts was presented, including aerodynamics and reptile shedding. It was found that the children who watched the fully interactive episodes answered 63% of the assessment questions correctly, compared with 56% for those who watched the noninteractive version. 

AI and cartoons 

AI is being integrated into various media products, including e-books, smart toys and social robots. Meanwhile, advances in AI technology will likely increase its accuracy in processing children's speech. It will therefore enable more. The natural interaction between children and AI.  

At the same time, researchers are also studying the ethical use of AI in media for young children to ensure that the developed content is both educational and safe. AI systems and related algorithms are starting to play a variety of roles in the digital ecosystems of children - being embedded in the connected toys, smart home IoT technologies, apps, and services they interact with daily. In the future, AI systems will, in all likelihood, become even more pervasive in children's applications simply due to their sheer usefulness in creating compelling, adaptive, and personal user experiences.  

Conclusion 

Recent advances in AI, particularly in speech technologies and interpreting language spoken by real humans, make it possible to enable true interactions between child viewers and children's TV show characters. This could make watching TV a more active and engaging way for kids to learn science.