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I think they're all pretty bad tbh. They aren't very good at guessing age, and guessing gender is harder especially if you're young or have rounded features.
> This could become a safety issue in the future if a robot misgenders a trans person publicly...

This bit confused me. First off, how is that a safety issue? And second, how is that any worse than if it misgenders a non-trans person? I can understand it being annoying (as I am often mistaken for a woman when on the phone or in the drive-thru) but how is that a safety issue or strictly a trans issue?

Think of trans people in red states, or places like Russia or the middle east.
Google already misgenders me and that's a good thing. I'm not trans. Google also doesn't bracket me in the correct age group.

I am cool with it because, I don't like being pigeonholed and advertised to. The more incorrect data points Google has, the better.

But that just means you've been put in the wrong pigeon hole. :)
Yes, and that's better than being in the right one.

Please Google, advertise more Russian brides and male belly fat solutions to me. I can't get enough.

If that's your pigeonhole, I can see why you wouldn't want to be tracked :)