[lingrush4]

In fairness, AI-generated CSAM is nowhere near as evil as real CSAM. The reason why possession of CSAM was such a serious crime is because its creation used to necessitate the abuse of a child.

It's pretty obvious the French are deliberately conflating the two to justify attacking a political dissident.

[lowkey_]

Definitely agree on which is worse! To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with the French raid. Just that statements about severe crimes (child sexual abuse for the above poster - not AI-generated content) being "lesser problems" compared to politics is a concerning measure of how people are thinking.

[chrisjj]

> The reason why possession of CSAM was such a serious crime is because its creation used to necessitate the abuse of a child.

Used to? Still does. A convincing fake is still only a fake.

> It's pretty obvious the French are deliberately conflating the two to justify attacking a political dissident.

Agreed. But the same conflation in the comments hereabouts is ... puzzling.

I mean, abuse of a photo == abuse of a child? Like, voodoo dolls? Creepy.

[jjkaczor]

It may not be worse "objectively" and in direct harm.

However - it has one big problem that is rarely discussed... Normalizing of behaviour, interests and attitudes. It just becomes a thing that Grok can do - for paid accounts, and people think - ok, "no harm, no problem"... Long-term, there will be harm. This has been demonstrated over decades of investigation of CSAM.

[weregiraffe]

>Normalizing of behaviour, interests and attitudes.

That's why all media depicting violence should be banned.

/s