A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography.

A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography, highlighting the danger and ubiquity of generative AI being used for nefarious reasons.

Phillip Michael McCorkle was arrested last week while he was working at a movie theater in Vero Beach, Florida, according to TV station CBS 12 News. A crew from the TV station captured the arrest, which made for dramatic video footage due to law enforcement leading away the uniform-wearing McCorkle from the theater in handcuffs.

  • redfellow
    4·
    4 months ago

    It’s not about making someone want something, less, but helping them to never act on those needs.

    Computer generated imagery could in theory be helpful, so the itch gets scratched without creating victims and criminals.

    I’d call that a win-win in terms of societal well being, as also less funds are wasted on police work, jailing a perpetrator, and therapy for victim.

    • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      14·
      4 months ago

      Computer generated imagery could in theory be helpful, so the itch gets scratched

      The Freudian concept of catharsis has been debunked many, many times. Does rape go down when freely available internet porn go up? That’s a rhetorical question, goodbye.

      • redfellow
        3·
        4 months ago

        It hasn’t been debunked? I’ve read that raping did go down when porn became readily available. If that’s not the case, then it’s a whole another story.