AI as a Buffer of Youth Turmoil in Gender Identity – Safe, Guided Spaces with No Amplification

Growing up has always been turbulent, but today’s youth face unprecedented pressures from digital life, social fragmentation, and rising anxiety. AI could become a buffer—absorbing some of that turmoil, offering guidance, and creating safe conversational spaces. This Ai65 flagship article explores how, over the next 40 years, AI might shift from being a stressor to becoming a stabilizer in youth lives.