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.

    • @garpujol
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      I know, it’s a question. What about… rape? Is that okay? What are your exceptions?

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            I don’t know how well-rendered CSAM has to be in order to be considered legal or illegal, and I frankly don’t give a shit.

            • @garpujol
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              You seem to give a shit.

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                You seem to give a shit. I’m completely fine with the current legal constraints.

                EDIT: I have a downvote button too! Look at us!

                • @garpujol
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                  I’m just hesitant to make open ended laws about things that aren’t actually real. What’s next? Images mocking Jesus are illegal?

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                    Is every surface a non-stop slip and slide to you?

                    These are bad arguments. Spare me the “this will encroach on the first amendment” for a case of something where the laws that someone was arrested under encroach on the first amendment in a way you disagree with.

                    Maybe that is this case, maybe you already think it’s “a step too far” for people to be arrested for AI CSAM…but then argue that instead of trying to pretend that it’s a step along a path to a violation of some great philosophical principle you hold.