Derek Ross's avatar
Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 6 months ago
YouTube is going to use AI to guess your age to determine if the content you're watching is appropriate for you.
the Guardian
YouTube to gauge US users’ ages with AI after UK and Australia add age checks
Tech company says it will use machine learning to estimate ages in order to show users in US age-appropriate content
 "YouTube’s AI will assess a user’s age via multiple behavioral factors, including what kind of videos the user searches for, the categories of videos they watch, and how long the account has been active."

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HoloKat's avatar
HoloKat 6 months ago
They could just add better parental controls … like allowing to white list channels and blocking everything else
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R 6 months ago
If I were a kid I’d start clicking on all the pharmaceutical ads, they’d assume I was 75 😂
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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 6 months ago
Which is why I'm confused because they already have parental controls and YouTube kids. One would think a small modification or addition to that software would be the way to go. But, we are in the AI age of things.
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HoloKat 6 months ago
All they literally need is channel white listing and auto blocking the rest of the website - per account not per device
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HoloKat 6 months ago
This is likely a push for families to have a paid account for every member …
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Katja Lutz katywings@iris.to 6 months ago
Its relative easily understood once you factor in that the age verification BS is not implemented to better control the kids, its for the adults - aka the state owned flock.
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Clippycoiner 6 months ago
Just watch a bunch of advanced math and science videos and you're good :)
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Kayne kayne@nostrcheck.me 6 months ago
It's western governments pushing this. YouTube don't really have a choice. If UK Australia Canada and USA all banned YouTube then YouTube probably wouldn't be able to operate at all.
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Neigsendoig Cocules neigsendoig@nostrcheck.me 6 months ago
My former editor and I told them to flip off, by rightfully declaring that both of us are over 18, and that he even talked about it when he wrote the description for one of my older videos.
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MikeMonty 6 months ago
“Please stop watching baby shark we know you’re too old for that.”
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npub1rlve...gwpa 6 months ago
If you think they will stop at this, I want what you are smoking.
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