What a terrible thing to try to unravel. And something we as a society should be very focused on solving.

Obviously there is little someone can do to prevent it since it can run locally. Making the exchange of CSAM illegal is easier.

I just hope the AI stuff reduces the exploitation of real children.

Then maybe we can focus on therapy for these sick minded fucks that create and consume CSAM.

I thought I read some years ago about a supreme court ruling that "fictional" abuse material was legal because there is no real victim. Maybe that has been superseded by later rulings.

Legally this is going to be a mess. In theory I agree that CSAM that is photorealistic should be illegal (mainly because it won't be long before a AI generations are completely indistinguishable from photos, and we can't just ignore real child abuse), but how do you define photorealistism or CSAM when the subjects literally don't exist? I figure if this kind of thing ever hits the courtroom there will be wildly different verdicts and sentences.

Really easy to see where this is going.

"open source image synthesis technologies such as Stable Diffusion allow the creation of AI-generated pornography with ease, and a large community has formed around tools and add-ons that enhance this ability. Since these AI models are openly available and often run locally, there are sometimes no guardrails preventing someone from creating sexualized images of children, and that has rung alarm bells among the nation's top prosecutors. (It's worth noting that Midjourney, DALL-E, and Adobe Firefly all have built-in filters that bar the creation of pornographic content.)"

Paid software that can be reined it so it doesn't compete with Netflix and disney is fine, the open source stuff is satan spawn.

The easy solution would be to go after the ones that distribute the pictures, this is only about keeping the gravy train going.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

On Wednesday, American attorneys general from all 50 states and four territories sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to establish an expert commission to study how generative AI can be used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

In particular, open source image synthesis technologies such as Stable Diffusion allow the creation of AI-generated pornography with ease, and a large community has formed around tools and add-ons that enhance this ability.

Since these AI models are openly available and often run locally, there are sometimes no guardrails preventing someone from creating sexualized images of children, and that has rung alarm bells among the nation's top prosecutors.

Establishing a proper balance between the necessity of protecting children from exploitation and not unduly hamstringing a rapidly unfolding tech field (or impinging on individual rights) may be difficult in practice, which is likely why the attorneys general recommend the creation of a commission to study any potential regulation.

In the past, some well-intentioned battles against CSAM in technology have included controversial side effects, opening doors for potential overreach that could affect the privacy and rights of law-abiding people.

Similarly, the letter's authors use a dramatic call to action to convey the depth of their concern: "We are engaged in a race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI.

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Shit like this is why I refuse to bring a child into this world. It’s neither safe enough, nor worthy enough for such a gift.

I agree with this, but don't have much hope of anything passing. They didn't outlaw underage hentai, so I feel like this is an uphill battle they'll give up on.