It is necessary to be at least 13 years old to become a member of many platforms and online services we use today. But being over 13 doesn’t mean you’re an adult. That’s why over 18s and minors see different streams and get different services.

What’s wrong, if you say I wrote my age 25 there, they won’t eat it. Because many big technology companies like Meta do not want children to be harmed in this world and take additional precautions. The developed artificial intelligence system knows the age of the user precisely. Good, but if you ask how he does it, let’s take a closer look at this job.

No platform will trust the date of birth you enter:

When using any social media platform or online service, we must enter our date of birth to show our age. However, the date we entered is a statement that belongs entirely to us, that is, we can write whatever we want according to our mind. Although identity check is the first thing that comes to mind for age verification, be sure that the number of people who do not have an identity is quite high globally.

Since a simple method such as authentication is not always possible, big technology companies such as Meta use an artificial intelligence system in this regard. The artificial intelligence system used makes a comparison between the declared age and the actual age by using special methods in cases where the age of the user is suspected.

Video selfie is one of the most used methods:

The photos and videos that the user uploads to the platform are not always sufficient for the artificial intelligence system to compare. In this case, the user is asked to take a video selfie. In this short video, which is deleted immediately after the procedure, the user shows his face completely by looking to the right, left, up and down.

After the video selfie, artificial intelligence starts to work. It reveals the age of the person by examining the facial features. It then compares it with the age declared in the user’s profile and confirms the age if it is compatible. If you say I already look old, stop, artificial intelligence focuses on more than looks.

Every interaction you give on the platform actually reveals your age:

Let’s continue our example through meta artificial intelligence. Let’s say you open an Instagram account by declaring that you are 19 years old. The feed you come across on Instagram is a similar feed to 19-year-old users. But if you’re actually 15, you won’t be happy with the apparent flow and interact as expected.

At this point again, artificial intelligence comes into play. The artificial intelligence that interprets how 19-year-old users interact until today, but you don’t act accordingly, you act in accordance with 15-year-olds; immediately suspects and asks you to prove your age with video selfies and similar methods.

As language support expands, AI’s age estimation becomes even more pinpoint:

You might say, ‘Brother, is the child living in Canada the same as the child living in our country?’ of course not. They are already trying to train artificial intelligence systems on this issue, not to age specific language.

The more languages ​​the artificial intelligence system learns, the more information it will have about the region where that language is spoken locally, and it will be able to determine how old that person is, perhaps with a single comment, without using any other method.

Enter your age correctly, even if the AI ​​doesn’t understand:

We see over and over in many different examples that the internet world is unfortunately full of dangers. Social media platforms and other online services want to protect young people under the age of 18 from these dangers. That’s the only reason there is an age restriction anyway.

Don’t worry, you don’t lose much when you don’t reach adult content. But rest assured, it will be a much more unpleasant experience for you to be exposed to such a message, comment or content at an age when you are not ready yet.

Answering the question of how does artificial intelligence understand our age, we briefly talked about the methods it applies. What do you think, is it time to use such platforms by declaring our true identity?