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Republican Sen. Mike Lee's pornography ban is moving forward in the Senate
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Honestly it will become a moot point sooner or later. Jailbroken and open-source AI tools can already generate porn images, and videos aren't far behind. And porn isn't high cinema or fine literature. AI art is soulless and without a voice, but that matters a lot less for porn. It's still not easy for the average non-tech savvy person to access these porn-generating AI tools, but it's only a matter of time until they are dumbed down enough to be accessible. Hell, someone will likely create freeware image and video generation tools specifically optimized to generate porn images and video. At that point, any horny teenager can get a copy of the AI porn creator. And even if the tools are somehow banished from the net, such tools could easily be passed via sneakernet. Once the tools are convenient and packaged in an easy to use form, the idea of porn bans will be laughable. Anyone can just pass around an app on a USB stick that can generate an infinite variety of customized AI porn.
It's going to become a moot point because there are several huge agencies who are chomping at the bit to have an excuse to monitor your computer from the inside and report all your browsing habits among other personal details to some giant AI system designed to isolate and flag anyone who might be a threat to the Empire.
They already have this kind of program, but having it out in the open will make it so much easier to make sure every computer user in the country is tagged and monitored.