I believe the moral question was asked much before AI brought realistic looking characters to the world. See this for example: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/1

I believe the moral question was asked much before AI brought realistic looking characters to the world. See this for example: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/us/child-pornography-writer-gets-10-year-prison-term.html https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/us/child-pornography-writ...