Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation.
But the artificial intelligence tool used to create the harmful deepfakes is still easily accessible on the internet, promising to “undress any photo” uploaded to the website within seconds.
Now a new effort to shut down the app and others like it is being pursued in California, where San Francisco this week filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that experts say could set a precedent but will also face many hurdles.
This is a dog and pony show. Between the unlikelihood of a municipality holding any sway over an internet site, it completely ignores the futility of trying to close the Pandora’s box that is AI imagery. I can download half a dozen deepfake video models that would run on a home server, let alone still imaging.
This about the level of technological savvy I would expect from a city councillor.
Predictions:
Men: “I didn’t film gay porn, that’s a deepfake.” The issue is dropped.
Women: “Those videos you’re sharing aren’t real, use my image without my consent, and I want them removed.” She is called a slut.
Got any examples of this that didn’t happen in your head?
Oh, quit clutching your pearls.
No thanks, as a child of rape I hate misogyny.
Thanks for the explanation?
No problem!
Good Lord how naive are you that you don’t think there’s a difference? I mean honestly what fucking world do you live in? I honestly am amazed that someone could still not understand this. Where have you been the last few weeks?
Those who enjoy treating women as sexual objects will always be offended by the idea that this exploitation is somehow unfair. Furthermore, they will take great offence at this being pointed out, but will never give an explanation for their offence other than by becoming more offended.