Student Ruhan Gupta Opposes AI Age Limits for Users Under 18
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 19
Student Ruhan Gupta Opposes AI Age Limits for Users Under 18
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 19
Ruhan Gupta, a junior at Westwood High School in Austin, argues that minimum-age rules for AI access would wrongly tie use of a career-shaping technology to a birthday.
Under-18 users are the focus of his case: young people are repeatedly told AI will shape their education and work, he writes, so broad age cutoffs would block the group most urged to prepare for it.
The piece frames AI access as a policy question rather than a parental or school-only decision, contending blanket age rules are bad policy for young users.
With teens shaping AI's use, why are they shut out from creating its rules?
Is preparing children for an AI-driven future worth the risk to their development today?