Europol has supported authorities from 19 countries in a large-scale hit against child sexual exploitation that has led to 25 arrests worldwide. The suspects were part of a criminal group whose members were engaged in the distribution of images of minors fully generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
Plenty of moral things are illegal or barely legal in certain places. For example, homosexual adults having consensual sex with each other in their own home. I assume you don’t think that’s unethical or immoral?
Yes but you start with the basics of a cat and a dog. So you start with adult genitals and…
Non-pornographic pictures of children and/or human-made pornographic drawings of children.
Okay, and those drawings are my problem.
https://www.icenews.is/2010/07/28/unsavoury-cartoon-ruling-sparks-debate-in-sweden/
It’s not clear cut that those are okay.
“Okay” in what sense? If you mean morally, then I think that’s pretty clear cut. If you mean legally, then that’s just a technicality.
Okay there bud.
Why would “thousands of photos of drawings of children in sexual contexts” be unethical?
Because they’re barely legal in certain places?
Plenty of moral things are illegal or barely legal in certain places. For example, homosexual adults having consensual sex with each other in their own home. I assume you don’t think that’s unethical or immoral?
I’m not saying legality is ethical.
I’m saying there’s no practical way to assemble that much material without exploration at some level.