• 520@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    Would it be a crime to have access to the software, or would they need to catch the criminals with the images and video files?

    Problem with the former is that would outlaw any self hosted image generator. Any image generator is capable of use for deep fake porn

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      6 months ago

      Right, this is my point. The toothpaste is out of the tube. So would simply having the software capable of making deepfake porn be a crime?

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      6 months ago

      Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I’d be fine with that. I have yet to see a benefit or possible benefit that outweighs the costs.

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        6 months ago

        The problem is the cat’s out of the bag.

        Open source image generators already exist and have been widely disseminated worldwide.

        So all you’d end up doing is putting up a roadblock for legitimate uses. Anybody using it to cause harm will not be seriously impeded. They can just pick up the software from a Russian/Chinese/EU host or less official distribution methods.

        It would be as effective as the US trying to outlaw the exporting of strong encryption standards in the 90s. That is to say, completely ineffective and actually harmful. Enemies of the US were still using strong encryption anyway.