I could not, in good conscience, continue reading after there was an implied statement that the current state of Los Angeles was in some way connected to "AI". Go away, now.
It's not about age verification and it never was, that is a distraction at best and a delusion at worst. This is about tying your real name to all of your online activities, and about getting the current generation of children used to it and accepting of it before they reach voting age.