Age on ChatGPT STEREOTYPES

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Feature Request: More Personalized Age-Based Content Settings

I would like to suggest improving ChatGPT’s age-based restrictions.

Currently, age categories can be too generalized. People of the same age can have very different levels of emotional sensitivity and maturity.

For example:

- A 12-year-old might be comfortable with scary fictional content.

- A 16-year-old might be sensitive to frightening scenes.

- An adult might be uncomfortable with content that a teenager can easily handle.

I suggest introducing more flexible, category-specific content settings while maintaining essential age-related safety protections.

Possible improvements:

1. Separate settings for horror, violence, language, romance and other content categories.

2. Allow individual sensitivity preferences where appropriate.

3. Avoid assuming that chronological age determines emotional resilience.

4. Keep legally and developmentally necessary restrictions in place.

The goal is to make ChatGPT’s experience more individualized and less generalized, without compromising safety.

Thank you for considering this suggestion!

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Hi @serghdima63, welcome to the community! I see your point, how people’s comfort levels can differ, even at the same age.

There’s already a broader Reduce sensitive content setting, but it doesn’t offer the separate controls you’re asking for.

We’ll share your suggestion with the relevant team, including keeping essential age protections in place. We can’t promise implementation or a timeline, but feedback like this helps inform future product improvements.

~ Saisha