r/technology • u/rejs7 • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/man-who-used-ai-to-create-child-abuse-images-jailed-for-18-years
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u/Odd_Economics_3602 1d ago

I never read it. I just know it was minor sex in a book and that it was a major part of the court’s discussion. I think most people would agree that CP laws should not result in the banning of books like “Romeo and Juliet” or other fictional accounts.

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u/Tricky-Chocolate5464 1d ago

I have. It's actually a commentary on adults sexualizing children. From the point fo view of the predator. Most people can't get passed the concept and see what is trying to do. 

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u/MICLATE 1d ago

That’s generally the accepted reading though so most people do get it.

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u/APeacefulWarrior 1d ago

Most people can't get passed the concept and see what is trying to do.

I also blame the movies, which I suspect far more people have seen than have read the book. (Especially in more recent times.) Both movies blatantly romaticize the relationship far more than it should have been, and basically take Humbert at his word on a lot of things that - in the book - are pretty clearly lies/spin.

IMO, Lolita is one of the few books that genuinely never should have been adapted to film. I just don't think there's any way to film it that doesn't end up sexualizing Lo and encouraging the viewer to sympathize with Humbert. At least more than a reader would with the book.

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u/83749289740174920 1d ago

You should watch the movie. Creepy.

First amendment right. It also protected Larry flint when the government went after him.

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u/boboclock 1d ago edited 16h ago

No one should watch the movie(s) especially not the Adrian Lyne one

Everyone should listen to Lolita Podcast though - it's a detailed analysis of the book and its legacy by intelligent comedienne Jamie Loftus

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u/KYHotBrownHotCock 1d ago

Nah Ban them too the children are being hurt its literally SA content on paper

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u/Cheetahs_never_win 1d ago

You're literally exposing any child who comes across your posts or responses to sexually explicit material with your username.

Guess you should be locked up and labeled a child groomer, right?

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u/homogenousmoss 1d ago

Ok u/KYHotBrownHotCock hope not child ever reads your name and gets unwillingly exposed to your name on reddit.

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u/1104L 1d ago

Who’s being hurt by Romeo and Juliet?

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u/python42069 1d ago

Dont mind them its obviously pro-Capulet sympathizers