>the exact opposite of the limited data to date The data I’ve seen shows a positive relationship between possessing child porn and being a sexual predator. Yo

>the exact opposite of the limited data to date The data I’ve seen shows a positive relationship between possessing child porn and being a sexual predator. You will also find that regular rapists possess more and more extreme porn than usual. Thing is, it’s hard to tell the direction of causation here, is it that porn creates sexual abusers or is it that sexual abusers like porn? On the other hand, the prevalence of porn in general tracks with less sexual abuse, and I find this much more compelling than the former since you know, in my experience, porn kills your sex drive instead of making it more voracious. There’s support forums online for men rendered impotent by porn. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601... So no, I would say the effect would probably be a net decrease in the abuse of children simply because the best explanation for the evidence is that porn reduces sexual abuse but is enjoyed by sexual abusers. However there is a novel concern here. People being able to easily use AI to make porn of and groom the children around them is maybe a novel concern there’s no real research on and those issues might make AI generated CSAM more negative than what we've seen before, but who knows.