Quoting: GustyGhostFree and open internet <-----------(You are here)---------------------> The Great Western Firewall

Except the firewall is built around you and the only (back)door is locked with a state-owned key.

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My understating of the mandate is the same as Jef's and I do think that all the legislators thought of is that a responsible parent, setting the account for their kid, would put a real birth date, which would then be used by apps to decide what content to serve. There are just two tiny problems - it will be facile to circumvent by any half-brained kid, and it will be heavily abused by app providers by shaping the content (especially ads) depending on the age bracket. All around a shitty idea, but completely in line with the times we live in.

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Quoting: LinasMost likely they realized that it did not protect anything either.

It protected a lot of people's wallets, which are now exposed to impulse buying. ;-)

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Quoting: doragasuAnd what about my smart light bulb? Will it have to verify my age to turn on?

Your light bulb will stream the picture to the central server where AI will evaluate your age. If you're <18, The light will automatically turn off at 22:00 so you get a proper rest before school.

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What's next, CPU checking your age?

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If trump isn't the final boss, I'm not buying.

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They touch on yet another important question here: dubious legal ground for AI "creations" and whether that can get an open source project in trouble. I imagine that in the field of code generation, the risk that AI output is just a "remix" of what it was trained on is especially big.

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I'm sure glad I already have enough games to last me a lifetime, because gem discovery is going to get quite a lot harder...

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inb4 they start selling headless terminals that have to be connected to the cloud, where all our files would reside (at a hefty monthly fee, of course)

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We need a tickbox when submitting a PR affirming that no AI was used for writing this code, and if you're found to be in violation, you're banned from contributing to any open source projects* (first infraction - one month ban, second infraction - six month, third infraction - lifetime). Yes, I know people can create new accounts, but the whole reason they are doing it is "building reputation", colouring these green boxes and stuff like that, so it should be deterrent enough.

(*) it would probably be a good idea if the project maintainer hand a control on whether to use this setting and to what extent.

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