If the aim really was to protect kids, you could just prove with a zk proof that you're an adult without revealing your identity.

But there's more money to be made by the industrial complex to unleash the full force of AI compute to surveil and harvest data.

teemupleb

It's hard to believe that they have enough clout. I imagine that there are lots of rich and powerful people who are like "oh hell no"

Scoresby

Reading it, I can't really believe anyone thinks this is a good idea

I think it's not really about whether anyone thinks it's a good idea, it's about whether there's a highly motivated group of people (read: identity verification companies) who would stand to benefit.

Politics_And_Law

How a bill banning AI for kids could usher in widespread ID checks online

> Reading it, I can't really believe anyone thinks this is a good idea

I think it's not really about whether anyone thinks it's a good idea, it's about whether there's a highly motivated group of people (read: identity verification companies) who would stand to benefit.