Derek Ross's avatar
Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 11 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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Karnage kat@x21.social 11 months ago
They could just add better parental controls … like allowing to white list channels and blocking everything else
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35hara 11 months ago
Ahhh shit. I was watching Bear in the Big Blue House this morning. I’m buggered 😂
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R 11 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 11 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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Katja Lutz katywings@lufrai.org 11 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 11 months ago
Just watch a bunch of advanced math and science videos and you're good :)
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Kayne kayne@nostrcheck.me 11 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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