Did you just compare furries to pedophiles? One of those is harmless, the other is not.
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giggling_engine@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Honest question, why is this a problem rather than a solution?
If these kids don’t exist, and having those fake pictured make some people content, what’s the harm?
Kinda reminds me of furries getting horny over wolf drawings, who cares?
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
giggling_engine@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ironically, I was giving them as an example of something OK. My point just went over your head.
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
No, it didn’t but it seems like mine went over yours. Furries usually are fine outside a few bad actors but pedophiles are mentally ill and should not be allowed them to generate AI CSAM just to satisfy them. They should be seeking help, not jerking it to fake kiddies.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months ago
Why is wanting to commit bestiality not worse than wanting to have sex with minors?
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 months ago
People used to say trans people were mentally ill. If they’re not harming actual children, what’s it to you what their fetish is?
Supermariofan67@programming.dev 6 months ago
I agree with you in instances where it’s not generating a real person. But there are cases where people use tools like this to generate realistic-looking but fake images of actual, specific real-life children. This is of course abusive to that child. And it’s still bad when it’s done to adults too, it’s sort of a form of defamation.
I really do hope legislation around this issue is narrowly tailored to actual abuse similar to what I described above, but given the “protect the children” nonsense they constantly moan about just about every technology including end to end encryption I’m not very optimistic.
Another thing I wonder about, is if AI could get so realistic that it becomes impossible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone with actual CSAM (where the image/victim isn’t known so they can’t prove it that way) is guilty, since any image could plausibly be fake. This of course is an issue far beyond just child abuse. It would probably discredit video footage for robberies and that sort of thing too. We really are venturing into the unknown and government isn’t exactly know for adapting to technology…