What? I apologize, but that is absurd. Entire industries are built around the idea that people of different ages _generally_ have different tastes.
Take the "children's" television network Nickelodeon - someone realized that kids like different shows than adults, so they made an entire, 24/7 tv network dedicated to it.
Then they realized that kids go to bed at an earlier hour, so they made "Nick at Nite" for adults where they showed reruns of old tv shows. Then they realized that really young kids like different shows than older ones, so they made Nick Jr. Then they realized that ~college age people liked different shows, so they made Adult Swim. Then they realized that some older adults wanted to watch classic cartoons so they made Boomerang.
These weren't one-off "oh, one person likes different shows". These were entire age-based demographics. And this is but one example, plenty of industries - especially entertainment industries - target exactly this.
And plenty of hard science is based on the fact that human brains "mature" and adapt over time. Young kids brains are different that geriatric brains,
That is not to say any of this perfect. As these algorithms collect what a person does and doesn't like or watch, they can and should change.
And if someone wants to show their kids "age innappropriate" material to their kids, that's there choice. But don't recommend "The Human Centipede" to a three year old when they turn on the tv, and don't recommend Cocomelon to me.
What? I apologize, but that is absurd. Entire industries are built around the idea that people of different ages _generally_ have different tastes.
Take the "children's" television network Nickelodeon - someone realized that kids like different shows than adults, so they made an entire, 24/7 tv network dedicated to it.
Then they realized that kids go to bed at an earlier hour, so they made "Nick at Nite" for adults where they showed reruns of old tv shows. Then they realized that really young kids like different shows than older ones, so they made Nick Jr. Then they realized that ~college age people liked different shows, so they made Adult Swim. Then they realized that some older adults wanted to watch classic cartoons so they made Boomerang.
These weren't one-off "oh, one person likes different shows". These were entire age-based demographics. And this is but one example, plenty of industries - especially entertainment industries - target exactly this.
And plenty of hard science is based on the fact that human brains "mature" and adapt over time. Young kids brains are different that geriatric brains,
That is not to say any of this perfect. As these algorithms collect what a person does and doesn't like or watch, they can and should change.
And if someone wants to show their kids "age innappropriate" material to their kids, that's there choice. But don't recommend "The Human Centipede" to a three year old when they turn on the tv, and don't recommend Cocomelon to me.