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It depends on whether the AI model was trained on CSAM or not, right?

If it was, then crime. If it wasn’t then no child was harmed and in a free thinking liberal society we don’t punish thought crimes.

And if AI models prevent people from committing actual harm to children, then isn’t this actually a win?

Humans and machines must be free to imagine. And as a society we must tolerate all art, even if it depicts something most people find gross. Consider, we have books, movies, and video games depicting killing, even though it’s illegal.