A fascinating, if problematic, topic to contemplate. It seems to me that our legal (and ethical) systems in this area have largely relied on damage to exploited participants. If no such people exist, then what?
We'll have to consider more strongly the "nanny state" angle on this. How bad does exposing the populace to some image/concept have to be before the nanny state can/should/would step in? Liberty absolutists will say never. No matter how awful or how well-documented the effects, the gov't should never limit "speech". What say the rest of us?
Imagine just how bad this could get. Russian IRC groups specifically designing (and A/B testing!) horrific AI content purposefully intended to increase crime and violence. Some will say it's already happening. But consider the scale in the future. Is there a point at which such "speech" is equivalent to shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater?
A fascinating, if problematic, topic to contemplate. It seems to me that our legal (and ethical) systems in this area have largely relied on damage to exploited participants. If no such people exist, then what?
We'll have to consider more strongly the "nanny state" angle on this. How bad does exposing the populace to some image/concept have to be before the nanny state can/should/would step in? Liberty absolutists will say never. No matter how awful or how well-documented the effects, the gov't should never limit "speech". What say the rest of us?
Imagine just how bad this could get. Russian IRC groups specifically designing (and A/B testing!) horrific AI content purposefully intended to increase crime and violence. Some will say it's already happening. But consider the scale in the future. Is there a point at which such "speech" is equivalent to shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater?