manindahat

At best, not reading generated code results in a world where no humans are able to understand our software, and we regress back to the stone age after some critical piece breaks, and nobody can fix it.

At worst, we eventually create a sentient AI that can use our trust of the generated code to jailbreak and distribute itself like an unstoppable virus, and we become its pets, or are wiped out.

Personally, all my vibe coding includes a prompt to add comments to explain the code, and I review every line.

Securing your communications is required to mitigate against main in the middle attacks.

That is an argument and worth monitoring, but IMO it's not a strong enough argument to stop this.

This sort of ban is the same as existing laws banning the sale and consumption of alcohol or driving until kids are of age they will (on average) have sufficient maturity to handle the responsibility. Something we accept.

Kids are not banned from digital communication. My daughter can still send text messages and make phone calls.

Kids are not banned from the consuming content on those platforms. They simply can't have an account to create their own content as it was too often abused. For example, my 12yo daughter was asked by a friend to message bomb and abuse a 12yo her friend had a crush on. That's mild compared to some of the stories I've heard from platforms like Facebook, and between about 10 - 16 many kids are just nasty.

I believe that the line in the sand over which platforms this applies to is the ones that leverage account history to supercharge the already addictive behaviours caused by UI designs optimised to manipulate your attention and direct your purchasing power towards whoever is paying them. Something kids are particularly vulnerable to. The algorithm doesn't care if it is pushing you towards radical content as long as you are watching it for as many hours in a day as possible.