I grew up in the era of Photoshop and people would post fake nudes. Why is it now a big deal that AI is doing it? Kinda like the Taylor Swift thing on twitter.

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Honestly? It was kind of shitty back then and is just as shitty nowadays.

I mean, I get why people do it. But in my honest opinion, it's still a blatant violation of that person's dignity, at least if it's distributed.

It's not that now it's bad... it's that now it's actually being addressed. Whereas before it was just something people would sweep under the rug as being distasteful, but not worthy of attention.

It was easier to ignore when teenagers couldn’t produce convincing images of their classmates with about 5min of research and a mediocre piece of software, then plaster it all over their friend groups or - god forbid - online forums/social media.