[mikhailt]

We can’t prevent the technology from being invented, it was always going to happen (video games and VR was practically going to have this AI generated worlds).

It is just a matter of doing it right the first time such as having license/agreements or company building it based on their own images.

[taminka]

just because we can't prevent something from being invented, doesn't mean we can't prevent its spread: we limit technology all the time

like chemical weapons were invented, bioweapons were invented, meth manufacturing was invented, but we prohibit people from manufacturing them because they're harmful

same logic could apply to generative machine learning (obv not as harmful as above examples, but same idea)

[spunker540]

It seems pretty surprising to me that you can already tell where generative models are going, and that they should be stopped in their tracks immediately. Is there any documented harm yet?

[taminka]

blackmail, deepfakes, misinformation, impersonation?

literally any website containing images is in most cases overwhelmed with an unlimited supply of ai generated garbage

ai image generators are barely two years old, and have already caused a lot of damage in basically every sphere they interact with, i'd say you don't need a lot of foresight to be able to make a judgement here

[mikhailt]

That’s not what the OP said though, what you’re describing is basically regulations. All we can do is regulate to outlaw and punish those who don’t comply with it but that’s still not possible to limit.

Chemical weapons are still being developed (Russia used it in their war against Ukraine), bioweapons are still being developed, meth are still being manufactured all over in US if not smuggled in.