They already do this. There was a way to check and there may still be. When I checked like 10 years ago it was wrong about everything. Age, hobbies, everything
So good luck yt I guess
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2025
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They wouldn't restrict access to information based on your perceived age, would they?
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The system relies on signals such as the types of videos a user searches for and watches, and how long their account has been active, to determine whether they are under the age of 18.
That's not actually AI is it ?
It's going to be really hilarious if my account gets flagged by the AI.
I made it in 2004, it's old enough to drink.
The account is, but it doesn’t say anything about the person using it.
Youtube/Google is bowing down to a government that is funding some very negative actions towards children across the ocean. Why aren't they using this AI to solve this? /s
Im told the technology can also estimate shoe size and the relative realtion of the two!
I’ve been wondering lately how effective a service would be that takes your credentials for a service, such as YouTube, and starts engaging with content at random so that the data the service has on you is all junk
Don’t know how meaningful something like this would even be, but if all these companies are gonna try so hard to collect data on me then I’d rather fill that data with useless junk
With all the data they collect I wish they would target me with the right ads. I don't want an AI girlfriend, to buy a toyota in spanish, or comemeritive trump merch
Using an ad blocker I get nothing but the types of ads I wanna see; Which is none at all. 😌
Search.... Sponge Bob Ross hand painting practice.
The day it starts I'm gonna upload a bunch of old videos in a playlist, looking to monetize