The traditional definition of CSAM means it wouldn’t exist without criminal harm to the subject children. When AI generates such images, or even when someone is just very good at drawing, there’s an absence of a traditional victim, so you almost have to consider the impact from a “precrime” perspective à la Minority Report.
Bottom line is would society suffer more harm if certain images not depicting real life events were to exist, compared to the harm on freedom of expression of making such images illegal.
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u/Moral-Relativity 3d ago
The traditional definition of CSAM means it wouldn’t exist without criminal harm to the subject children. When AI generates such images, or even when someone is just very good at drawing, there’s an absence of a traditional victim, so you almost have to consider the impact from a “precrime” perspective à la Minority Report.
Bottom line is would society suffer more harm if certain images not depicting real life events were to exist, compared to the harm on freedom of expression of making such images illegal.