[katabasis]

1. You are potentially giving a shield of deniability to people who create or distribute real CSAM because now they could claim that the images are just AI generated and therefore "harmless"

2. Efforts to stamp out real child abuse may be undermined by a flood of AI-generated false positive imagery

3. When people see something over and over again they start to think that it's normal. AI generation of this kind of material (something which can be done at a huge scale) risks normalizing the sexual abuse of children.

I'm sure there are many other arguments beyond these.

[NikolaNovak]

I see #3 as potentially valid, but also as applying equally to murder, drugs, and car speeding, which are prevalent in movies, animation, and video games. Heck, tv shows catering to kids have variations on all 3.

Don't get me wrong. I have a built in revulsion toward CP. But I wonder how much is that built in revulsion helping vs hindering rational discussion - just like it took me like 15 years of reading and pondering to remove the indoctrinated deference I had toward religion, and I hope I can have a more stable, less knee jerk discussion about religion. I think CP is wrong, but I also Think murder and torture are wrong. The latter two are amply represented in entertainment media. What is the Venn diagram, what is the delta that makes cp different?

[lemper]

ok, you've convinced me about it. before, I didn't have any opinions regarding llm and cp. I didn't even think people could generate cp with llm. thanks mate.