Would the impact have been any different if they had used photoshop?
Comment on Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m surprised by some of the comments here. So much hatred for the teenagers but very little reflection on the responsibility of us as adults to create a world which is safe and understandable for young people. The real story here is not about the actions of the boys, it is about the actions of the people operating the websites they used, the big tech companies who created the tools and the governments (which we adults vote for) failing to properly regulate any of this. Generative AI is a disaster for young people and it was adults who created and unleashed it on them.
awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Since when could someone do this in Photoshop with a couple of clicks and zero training, for free and on any device? Since when has Adobe specifically marketed Photoshop as a tool for creating sexually explicit images?
awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Since when could someone do this … with a couple of clicks and zero training, for free and on any device?
You know, somebody probably said the exact same thing about Photoshop when it first came out? Back when cutting up photos and pasting them together was a thing. Then again, somebody probably said the same thing about the advent of photography too, during the days of woodcuts and oil paintings.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Since when has Adobe specifically marketed Photoshop as a tool for creating sexually explicit images?
Tiltinyall@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I sometimes think AI is code for something of a normal computing capacity, but with the ability the decentralize and create a market of buzzword style shovelware pump and dumps.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I haven’t seen a single comment like you described
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
A bunch of comments were removed/deleted.
Michal@programming.dev 2 months ago
We (adults) created a world with knives, guns, automobiles. But if any of these were used by a child for manslaughter would you still blame collective adults? No, parents are held responsible for protecting their children and controlling their access to dangerous tools.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Bad argument. None of those things are easily accessible by, or even targeted at, teenagers. Generative AI is a technology that big tech is specifically building into the social media platforms and devices that young people use every day and there is no regulation or education to protect against from the dangers it poses.
Michal@programming.dev 2 months ago
Knives and car keys are accessible. I don’t know about porn AI tools, i haven’t seen any myself. The AI tools i did see have guard rails that make improper use impossible.
mrpants@midwest.social 2 months ago
Yeah. Society is responsible for the outcomes of its children. It shouldn’t personally hurt your feelings but it should motivate your actions.
tesseract@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I’m an adult and am not responsible for anything you described. They were all there even before I was born. In fact, the same may apply to my parents or even grandparents. I’d rather blame a sociopolitical class than any single generation for all those ills.
But to answer your question, yes, I’d blame that entire class for the harm caused by young people using murder tools they introduced. They did it with the full knowledge of its consequences. They valued momentary material gains above the wellbeing of entire generations. They absolutely should be punished for all the mass shootings in schools, because they knew it could happen. Yet they chose the blood money. Similarly, if an entire city is under a drugs epidemic (like the current opioid crisis), wouldn’t you want to hunt down the producers and suppliers, instead of the users?
Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I mean I would and do in fact literally blame societal and familial problems when kids are brutal, unkind, or hurt others, and similarly blame societal and familial problems for when kids are not protected from brutal, unkind, and hurtful things.
Why are you saying the things you’re saying like a gotcha? Do you not feel that society has a significant impact on the behavior of youth?