Posted on 11/02/2023 11:15:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating
When girls at Westfield High School in New Jersey found out boys were sharing nude photos of them in group chats, they were shocked, and not only because it was an invasion of privacy. The images weren’t real.
Students said one or more classmates used an online tool powered by artificial intelligence to make the images, then shared them with others. The discovery has sparked uproar in Westfield, an affluent town outside New York City.
Digitally altered or faked images and videos have exploded along with the availability of free or cheap AI tools. While celebrity likenesses from Oprah Winfrey to Pope Francis have drawn media attention, the overwhelming majority of faked images are pornographic, experts say.
The lack of clarity on such images’ legality—and how or whether to punish their makers—has parents, schools and law enforcement running to catch up as AI speeds ahead.
The high school confirmed the incident in an email to parents, but a Westfield Public Schools spokeswoman declined to provide details on the number of students involved or to confirm whether any disciplinary action had been taken, citing student confidentiality.
Some Westfield parents said their daughters have felt humiliated and powerless, and worry about damage to the girls should the images surface later. And they are upset that no resolution is forthcoming.
Even among parents, there is no consensus. In a local Facebook group, some called for harsh punishment for whoever created the images. Others deemed it a youthful transgression that should be forgiven.
The debate and its aftermath are likely to continue for months. Westfield police are investigating, and a state senator has asked county prosecutors to look into the case.
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If everyone knows they’re AI Generated, what’s the big deal. They aren’t real.
AI will bring in Utopia!
I guess it reduces the cost of having fake .... installed :)
Boys will be boys.
...now just add fake audio of them yelling racial slurs and vicious profanity.
It is a big deal. The internet is forever. Those images will never go away.
My daughter is grown, but I can’t imagine the hurt this would have caused her.
The AI genie is going to wreck havoc on society. Reality is going into the wood chipper.
“While celebrity likenesses from Oprah Winfrey to Pope Francis...”
Nope!
Nothing you can do about it. People will just ignore it, because they know it’s fake anyway.
No need to fake that
Some corporal punishment might go a long ways to discouraging this.
I believe it will be so common place that nobody will care in the future. Most likely, it may be difficult to introduce video evidence in court of law in the future as it everything will so likely be easy to fake.
Meta data will reveal AI
It got me thinking about how in the Book of Revelations it says God will send a “Strong Delusion”. I wonder if that will be AI-generated.
Because so many girls today WOULD do such a thing...that’s why it has legs.
The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t see how you put it back in.
I saw a really cute video of a dog. But the comedic timing of his actions was just too precise. I imagine that it was AI generated.
And it will help middle-age boys get dates on dating apps???
Well, now you can say that “A-I” stands for “plausible deniability”.
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