incorporating AI-generated images into existing forms of therapy could be one way of diminishing risk.
If this is true I can see the benefit. However, the unknowns seem risker and if it allowed it would be harder to stop. Overall I think more data and research is needed. At this early stage conclusions seem difficult draw.
Plus, redirecting potential viewers of child pornography to AI-generated images could help victims by preventing their images from being continually viewed, either by pedophiles
I do not think that real child pornography would stop or be reduced significantly by AI. In the Peter's article it shows that technology only increases this material while little can be done by law enforcement.
gateway fear: If virtual imagery of child sexual abuse is enabled, is that not the first step toward hands-on offenses? What about the temptations posed for those who would not otherwise watch child pornography in the first place?
This is a new term for me and describes how I've been thinking but is it unreasonable to think this way. This question is important: why add temptation to an urge and possiblely frame it as less harmful because its AI?
AI-generated child pornography actually could stem behavior that would hurt a real child.
For how long? Escalation can be unpredictable, with exposure to constant child pornography it be reasonable to think it increases the risk. As Bernstein mentiones research is still ongoing, there are many unknowns to be making conclusions.
From that perspective, any inappropriate viewing of children is an inherent evil, regardless of whether a specific child is harmed. On top of that, the potential normalization of those viewings can be considered a harm to all children.
This point exactly. Child pornograph will never be victimless
“Child porn pours gas on a fire,” said Anna Salter, a psychologist who specializes in the profiles of high-risk offenders. In Salter’s and other specialists’ view, continued exposure can reinforce existing attractions by legitimizing them, essentially whetting viewers’ appetites, which some offenders have indicated is the case
Completely agree, as mentioned perviously, normailzed behaviors and embolden to act on urges in real life. Feeds into the urges thus growing an appetite. Short-term solution for a long-term problem.
Finding a practical method of discerning which images are real, which images are of real people put into fake circumstances, and which images are fake altogether is easier said than done
If the AI material creates a complex problems for law enforcement why make it anymore acceptable. Often material is created with existing photos of children the offender is targeting. In addition, from my understaning AI can be trained and coded against outputs. While I agree, easier said the then done, isn't it worth the effort?
But short of that, replacing the market for child pornography with simulated imagery may be a useful stopgap.
3) Treatment for these biological urges should not make AI imagery more acceptable, therapies should be a first line for stopage. To me it seems to normalizes these urges and depited behaviors.
We’re talking about not giving into a craving, a craving that is rooted in biology, not unlike somebody who’s having a craving for heroin.”
2) The comparison between pedophilia/consumption of child pornography and herione does not seem appropriate. Addiction can be just as complex and alter the brain.
What turns us on sexually, we don’t decide that—we discover that,” said psychiatrist Dr. Fred Berlin, director of the Johns Hopkins Sex and Gender Clinic and an expert on paraphilic disorders. “It’s not because [pedophiles have] chosen to have these kinds of urges or attractions
1) While I see the point Bernstein is trying to make, however, it seem like an excuse. Therapies have been developed for these types of negative urges that victimize others.
pedophilia is biological in nature, and that keeping pedophilic urges at bay can be incredibly difficult.
This whole paragraph does not sit well with me in general for several points:
that AI-generated child sexual material could actually benefit society in the long run by providing a less harmful alternative to the already-massive market for images of child sexual abuse
AI- generated CP is not a victimless crime. There are explicit images of childen that will follow them for the rest of their lives. While the abuse may not have occurred, it normalizes images and the actions and abuse depicted and could encourage viewer the act out in the real world.