I've thought for quite some time that questionable AI-generated content will lie at the heart of an forthcoming 'Infocalypse'. [0] Given the 2021 AI Dungeon fia

I've thought for quite some time that questionable AI-generated content will lie at the heart of an forthcoming 'Infocalypse'. [0] Given the 2021 AI Dungeon fiasco over text-based AI-generated child porn, I shall posit that it's already upon us. 30 years since the original issue of encryption, it looks like cp trumps the other Horsemen of the Cyperpunk FAQ, with drug dealers and organized crime taking the back seat. It's interesting how misinformation is a recent development that they anticipate; a Google search shows that the term 'Infocalypse' was actually appropriated by discussions of deepfakes some time in mid-2020. That said, the crypto wars are here to stay—most recently with EARN IT reintroduced just two months ago. The similar issue of 3D-printed guns has developed in parallel over the past decade as democratized manufacturing became a reality. There are even HN discussions tying all of these technologies together, by comparing attitudes towards the availability of Tor vs guns (e.g., [1]). And there are innumerable related moral qualms to be had in the future; will the illegal drugs or weapons produced using matter replicators be AI-designed? Overall, I think all of these issues revolve around the question of what it means to limit freedoms that we've only just invented, as technological advances enable things never before considered possible in legislation. (And as the parent comment implies, here's where the use of science fiction in considering the implications of the impossible comes in). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8816013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8816013