[vasco]

You can justify anything with that line of thinking. To anyone paying attention I think it's obvious that AI image generators are going to end this problem. No need to hurt anyone and people can look at all the depraved things they want in the comfort of their homes.

[ffgjgf1]

But it’s no unreasonable to assume that demand for CSAM would mean that supply would increase to satisfy it.

[gadders]

...until they get so excited they want to try it in real life.

[harimau777]

Does the evidence support that idea? My understanding was that the information we have right now seems to suggest the opposite.

[gadders]

I've not seen any evidence either way, but I'm not sure you'd get an RCT of this past an ethics committee anywhere.

For now, I'm inclined to err on the side of caution and not enable perverts.

[harimau777]

Just because it's not possible to study something directly doesn't mean that we can't study it. We could compare statistics in countries with different laws. Or we could look at studies of how pornography consumption influences non-deviant sexual behavior.

[red-iron-pine]

do video games make people shoot up schools? did marilyn manson lead to columbine?