Honestly, fuck Musk, but the fact that we’re willing to throw away all of our principles simply because Musk is involved is pretty terrifying to witness. Remember, every privacy-violating and rights-stripping law is sold as being “for the children.” And those selling those laws make a point to sell the laws in ways that appeal to both sides. When selling it to Democrats, they’ll highlight Musk’s opposition. When selling it to Republicans, they would find some Democrat who opposed it. And people of both parties eat it right up.
For example, even the headline is deceiving. Think about it critically. Why would the Minnesota legislature need to ban AI-generated child porn? Child porn is already incredibly illegal, regardless of how it’s made.
What the law actually does is to attempt to ban or restrict AI-based nudify apps, where you can upload an image of someone and have it remove their clothes. This applies to images of everyone, not just children. And just like the case of facial scans and ID uploading, inevitably such a law will restrict a hell of a lot more than just child porn.
From another article:
In the 38-page lawsuit, xAI — whose AI model chatbot and image generator Grok is available on the social media platform known as X, formerly Twitter, and elsewhere — said it does not contest the state’s interest in banning the distribution of AI-generated nude images of real people without their consent. But it said Minnesota’s law “extends far beyond that goal,” banning many constitutionally protected images and video and subjecting the company to a penalty of $500,000 per violation.
What legitimate uses might exist? Well what if I want to use a nudify program on images of myself? I don’t particularly want to do that. But why shouldn’t I be able to? My body. My image. My choice. My computer. What if a sex worker wants to do so? Or if you lock down LLMs to try to keep them from generating such images, what other types of images that have nothing to do with nonconsensual pornography will you also restrict?
You should generally be extremely skeptical of anyone selling a policy “for the children.” In almost every case, the real goal is stripping away broader rights.
To me, this seems a lot like banning cameras in the name of fighting child pornography.
Think about it critically. Why would the Minnesota legislature need to ban AI-generated child porn? Child porn is already incredibly illegal, regardless of how it’s made.
To make a quick reply, you might want to look in to that. In some places if it isn’t a deepfake of a real child it’s as legal as the anime folk who draw the same awful shit, including some of the US.
Seems weird as fuck to me, because that’s putting the burden of proof on law enforcement and the courts to show that a person or act in a very real looking image actually took place. Checking now I see some things saying it’s not specifically criminalized in 10 states and some things saying 5.
I’d say at least the federal government has made it clear it’s considered every bit as bad as non-ai images of the same thing, but I can’t even bring myself to believe the federal government is doing a damn thing about child rape any more. :/
Honestly, fuck Musk, but the fact that we’re willing to throw away all of our principles simply because Musk is involved is pretty terrifying to witness. Remember, every privacy-violating and rights-stripping law is sold as being “for the children.” And those selling those laws make a point to sell the laws in ways that appeal to both sides. When selling it to Democrats, they’ll highlight Musk’s opposition. When selling it to Republicans, they would find some Democrat who opposed it. And people of both parties eat it right up.
For example, even the headline is deceiving. Think about it critically. Why would the Minnesota legislature need to ban AI-generated child porn? Child porn is already incredibly illegal, regardless of how it’s made.
What the law actually does is to attempt to ban or restrict AI-based nudify apps, where you can upload an image of someone and have it remove their clothes. This applies to images of everyone, not just children. And just like the case of facial scans and ID uploading, inevitably such a law will restrict a hell of a lot more than just child porn.
From another article:
What legitimate uses might exist? Well what if I want to use a nudify program on images of myself? I don’t particularly want to do that. But why shouldn’t I be able to? My body. My image. My choice. My computer. What if a sex worker wants to do so? Or if you lock down LLMs to try to keep them from generating such images, what other types of images that have nothing to do with nonconsensual pornography will you also restrict?
You should generally be extremely skeptical of anyone selling a policy “for the children.” In almost every case, the real goal is stripping away broader rights.
To me, this seems a lot like banning cameras in the name of fighting child pornography.
To make a quick reply, you might want to look in to that. In some places if it isn’t a deepfake of a real child it’s as legal as the anime folk who draw the same awful shit, including some of the US.
Seems weird as fuck to me, because that’s putting the burden of proof on law enforcement and the courts to show that a person or act in a very real looking image actually took place. Checking now I see some things saying it’s not specifically criminalized in 10 states and some things saying 5.
I’d say at least the federal government has made it clear it’s considered every bit as bad as non-ai images of the same thing, but I can’t even bring myself to believe the federal government is doing a damn thing about child rape any more. :/