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.
I know. I’ve also said that “if the microcosm is so shitty that it doesn’t ostracize people who disseminate nudes, then the people in it deserve to suffer until they improve [or leave.]”
Not everyone is worth hanging around. I know it’s difficult to be alone and most people would rather have shitty ‘friends’ than be alone, but that doesn’t mean they won’t suffer from being around shitty people.
I think the answer is to take the power away from shitbags by avoiding them. The more people who do this, the less influence shitbags have.
You seem to assume I’m taking the position of being polite to terrible people. Quite the opposite.