When they try minor defendants in the USA as “adults,” aren’t they saying the kids aren’t what the seem to be, that they aren’t actually their chronological age? “Young at heart,” an “old soul,” saying the same thing....
Ehhhh careful. That line of thinking could easily turn into “I am the age that I say I am and I don’t care that you think Gary is a creepy pedo. My body is 8 years old but I feel like a 40 year old and Gary understands that!”
To your point. Age shouldn’t matter beyond that one transition from “legal guardian protects you while your brain finishes development” and “you are now legally an adult and in control (and responsible for) your own actions”.
I think this is why the US legal system actually gets this one pretty close to right.
I wait for the WALK sign, I keep it to no more than 5 mph over the speed limit, I use my blinkers, I never jump the line, I keep to the watering schedule, pass the SMOG test every other year, file accurate tax returns…...
I agree in theory. But then I see people breaking the rules when it doesn’t “make sense” (as far as they could see) and then nearly fucking things up. My rule is “if I break this rule and it turns out that I didn’t actually have all the important info such that I really should have followed the rule… Well, that’ll be on me. So how confident am I that I really do have all the relevant info?”
I’m also curious how this would stop someone from using AI to generate an image and then just using a digital camera to take a photo of their monitor. “The photo of <politician> executing someone in the street seems to be legit. There’s provenance metadata showing that the image hasn’t been tampered with since it was taken and cryptographically signed by Nikon’s physical sensors” edit: formatting
Should there should be a new term, "age fluid" or "trans-age? I was reading the CNN article from 3/30/23 about the Nashville shooter and it seemed to imply that age confusion may have been a factor. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
When they try minor defendants in the USA as “adults,” aren’t they saying the kids aren’t what the seem to be, that they aren’t actually their chronological age? “Young at heart,” an “old soul,” saying the same thing....
I'm a "Rule-Follower". Am I a champ or a chump?
I wait for the WALK sign, I keep it to no more than 5 mph over the speed limit, I use my blinkers, I never jump the line, I keep to the watering schedule, pass the SMOG test every other year, file accurate tax returns…...
It is what it is (files.catbox.moe)
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem (www.technologyreview.com)