THE FEDERALIST – For decades, Democrats have thrown us down a slippery slope on marriage, sexuality, and the sexes — but for those who said pedophilia would always be a bridge too far, well, guess again.
AI-generated child pornography (AICP) is exactly what it sounds like: sexually explicit depictions of children that, in the age of deepfakes, are virtually identical to the real thing. Yet since no children are directly harmed in its production, proponents argue it’s a safe, even ethical, way to satiate would-be pedophiles and reduce harm to children. E-girl data scientist Aella concisely laid out the argument earlier this month, in what she naively failed to realize would become her “most controversial tweet” of all time:
In Aella’s framework, AICP becomes an ethical solution to the evil of child sexual abuse. But even if her questionable assumptions on harm reduction hold, normalizing child pornography opens the door to a new “industry” that empowers people who have little interest in protecting children.
