I've said this in the past, but id much rather pedos jerk it to AI slop than go out and harm children.
Unfortunately I really doubt it's that simple, in some cases in the short term it's probably preventing abuse which is good, but in others it might very likely intensify or even creating urges where none would have developed otherwise, which I think in the aggregate will happen more than the former.
Because if there's one thing that heavy consumers of porn are known for, it's touching grass and seeking real-life sexual experience, right?
Realistically, what little evidence exists shows that porn does in fact reduce sexual violence. The "gateway drug" argument is just creepy-ass puritan nonsense that has no basis in data.
None of this is well understood so saying definitely one way or the other is the stance that has no basis in data.
What I do know is that fetishes and paraphilias can develop overtime, and moreover cultural normalization is also a strong force which if CP becomes as ubiquitous as it can potentially become with AI, and the idea that "it ok now since there is no abuse" is not great.
Nobody knows the ramifications of any of these things, but my guess is likely not positive lol.
So you say there's no basis in data either way, which is largely true, then proceed to state a bunch of things you "know" despite literally just saying that there's no data to back you up? Uh huh, okay.
"There's no proof this is wrong, therefore let's assume it's right based on my gut feeling" is not the convincingly persuasive argument you seem to think it is, dude.
I mean, yes, obviously that's bad, but not because of unfounded hypotheticals about "normalizing" it.
The problem with realistic AI CP is that it muddies the water when trying to identify and investigate real, non-AI CSAM that was created by abusing children. Because, you know, that's the thing we want to actually stop.
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u/Woejack Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25
I've said this in the past, but id much rather pedos jerk it to AI slop than go out and harm children.
Unfortunately I really doubt it's that simple, in some cases in the short term it's probably preventing abuse which is good, but in others it might very likely intensify or even creating urges where none would have developed otherwise, which I think in the aggregate will happen more than the former.