this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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The case for banning simulated CSAM produced with GenAI is that if the training data contains actual CSAM then it would be directly contributing to real children being hurt. Obviously generating those pictures doesn't further cause physical harm to anyone but someone has to already have been harmed in the past for that training data to exist in the first place.
This however is not true with cartoons for example nor does it apply to sex dolls either.