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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The technology is improving, but it's been done for decades. Most images of models used for commercial purposes are “airbrushed” to make the models look slimmer, have better skin etc.. This is to improve the public's perception of the product being sold.
I guess what crosses the line with this story is that these are not celebrities getting paid for their image where as they say “there is no such thing as bad publicity”(eg Taylor Swift)
These are teenage girls at a high school in everywhere America. Most of these girls are mentally fragile. Just more of the bad part/evil associated of SOCIAL MEDIA.
That was my reaction. Oprah and the Pope?
WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT???????
Life is tough, wear a helmet.
The girls should have posted fake photos of the boys with comically small penis size.
The rabbi responded, 'Yes, that is still one of our laws.' The priest then asked, 'Have you ever eaten pork?'
To which the rabbi replied, 'Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich.' The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.
A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, 'Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?'
The priest replied, 'Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith.'
The rabbi then asked him, 'Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?'
The priest replied, 'Yes, rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith.'
The rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for about five minutes.
Finally, the rabbi said, 'Beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?'
How would you feel IF it was YOUR 13 or 14 year old daughter?
I would be pissed.
Maybe in the past that would work, but today, the boys will just say they are women, then compete against them and beat the crap out of them AND have the approval of administrators, legislators and silent parents and girls.
The real fun starts when you can use AI to make it look like any two people are engaged in “flagrante delicto”.
God doesn’t need AI assistance.
It’s already here.
There’s AI programs you can use that will generate extremely convincing nude photos from any clothed photo. Undoubtedly, that was what was used in this story. And the AI tech to generate fairly convincing live action video is improving quickly.
I watched a video on Edgar Cayce long time ago and the one thing he predicted was our machines would turn on us. At the time I was thinking, what is my table saw going to chase me, is my blender going to turn on at a bad time, is my lawn going to eat my foot. With computers becoming more integrated into everyday life and we become more and more dependent on them AI could really make our lives very difficult.
“because so many girls today WOULD do such a thing...thats why it has legs”. and it’s Spreading! sorry, couldn’t help it. it was there and there were legs.
“...now just add fake audio of them yelling racial slurs and vicious profanity.”
AI can do that now; you only need a small voice recording of the victim.
“because so many girls today WOULD do such a thing...thats why it has legs”. and it’s Spreading! sorry, couldn’t help it. it was there and there were legs.
“because so many girls today WOULD do such a thing...thats why it has legs”. and it’s Spreading! sorry, couldn’t help it. it was there and there were legs.
AI seems to me to be like crypto currency, nobody understands it.
It’s not going away. It’s only going to improve. The challenge now is learning how to live with it.
Appropriating a person’s likeness could easily be a tort, but appears not to be criminal, especially if the nude bodies are AI and not actual photographs.
If the AI picture started as a real photograph, then it would be considered appropriation of the original work product of the person who took the picture. See Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts, Inc. V. Goldsmith Et Al., Supreme Court of the United States, No. 21–869. Argued October 12, 2022—Decided May 18, 2023
As to whether they fall under the SC’s definition of obscenity, they do not as non photographic material was not part of the obscenity case.
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