A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, officials are investigating an incident involving a teenage boy who allegedly used artificial intelligence to create and distribute similar images of other students – also teen girls - that attend a high school in suburban Seattle, Washington.
The disturbing cases have put a spotlight yet again on explicit AI-generated material that overwhelmingly harms women and children and is booming online at an unprecedented rate. According to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh that was shared with The Associated Press, more than 143,000 new deepfake videos were posted online this year, which surpasses every other year combined.
While I agree with that in principle, we shouldn’t start blocking people, even young people, access to a lot of information.
Twitter, while now a cesspool, still has a lot of academics on it that share new ideas and discoveries.
Reddit, while shit, also has the value of helping people find niche hobbies and communities.
YouTube, while turning into shit, allows people access to video tutorials and explanations, hell while I was in school half the time teachers assigned hw that we would need to watch a YouTube video.
While it’s an idea to block the youth from accessing social media, the drawbacks I think are too much.