This article does not make it clear if the material was actually deepfaked, or just photoshopped; it simply mentions superimposing a face onto a naked body.
Not that it matters, the possession of either are clearly protected by the first amendment of the US Constitution, as no individual was harmed during the production of such material. This applies to any drawn, rendered or otherwise synthetic image, regardless of the subject content. You cannot make the mere possession of a synthetic image illegal.
I'll entertain arguments about the need to limit distribution of such material as that can cause real harm to minors. But possession of synthetic images of ethical provenance? Give me a fucking break.
Just setting precedent for the further erosion of all citizens' rights, via the thoroughly beaten and dead trojan horse of Think of The Children.
Make no mistake. This is all to create a trail of precedence in order to restrict access to foundational generative models. We cannot allow our government to restrict our access to these new generative technologies while simultaneously wielding them against us.
Not that it matters, the possession of either are clearly protected by the first amendment of the US Constitution, as no individual was harmed during the production of such material. This applies to any drawn, rendered or otherwise synthetic image, regardless of the subject content. You cannot make the mere possession of a synthetic image illegal.
I'll entertain arguments about the need to limit distribution of such material as that can cause real harm to minors. But possession of synthetic images of ethical provenance? Give me a fucking break.
Just setting precedent for the further erosion of all citizens' rights, via the thoroughly beaten and dead trojan horse of Think of The Children.
Make no mistake. This is all to create a trail of precedence in order to restrict access to foundational generative models. We cannot allow our government to restrict our access to these new generative technologies while simultaneously wielding them against us.