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.

  • @Landless2029
    0•3 months ago

    Cant speak for others but I agree that AI-CP should be illegal.

    The question is how do we define the crime with our current laws? It does seem like we need a new law to address AI images. Both for things like AI-CP, revenge porn, and slanderous/misleading photos. (The Communist Harris and Trump with black people photos)

    Where do we draw the line?
    How do we regulate it?
    Forced watermarks/labels on all tools?
    Jail time? Fines?
    Forced correction notices? (Doesn’t work for the news!)

    This is all a slippery slope but what I can say is I hope this goes to court. He looses. Appeals. Then it goes all the way up to federal so we can have a standard to point to.

    The shit wrong.
    Step one in fixing shit.

    • @Cryophilia
      8•3 months ago

      Iirc he was prosecuted under a very broad “obscenity” law, which should terrify everyone.