A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography.

A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography, highlighting the danger and ubiquity of generative AI being used for nefarious reasons.

Phillip Michael McCorkle was arrested last week while he was working at a movie theater in Vero Beach, Florida, according to TV station CBS 12 News. A crew from the TV station captured the arrest, which made for dramatic video footage due to law enforcement leading away the uniform-wearing McCorkle from the theater in handcuffs.

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    14·
    4 months ago

    Computer generated imagery could in theory be helpful, so the itch gets scratched

    The Freudian concept of catharsis has been debunked many, many times. Does rape go down when freely available internet porn go up? That’s a rhetorical question, goodbye.

    • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      4 months ago

      It hasn’t been debunked? I’ve read that raping did go down when porn became readily available. If that’s not the case, then it’s a whole another story.