Replying to Avatar Derek Ross

YouTube is going to use AI to guess your age to determine if the content you're watching is appropriate for you.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/30/youtube-google-ai-age-verification

"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."

My wife's feed will likely be set to child, since she allows our son to watch stuff🤣

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I remember my feed being filled with Minecraft stuff forever ago before my son got his own device. It took a while to correct.

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