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I've heard this argument before but I think it's silly. Maybe people will always value their sexual privacy? There are benefits to not living in a hypersexualis

I've heard this argument before but I think it's silly. Maybe people will always value their sexual privacy? There are benefits to not living in a hypersexualised society- Even though the genie isn't going back in the bottle with this one (AI Generated), in an ideal world we wouldn't have to treat this massive invasion of privacy as a given. This isn't a solution, it's a concession. Some social norms still have value and erasing all of them in the name of self determination and 'social safety' may push us into uncharted territory as a culture- the modern world has already made us impulsive enough.

imgabe 3y ago
What does it mean for a society to be "hypersexualized"? What is the appropriate level of sexualization? How do you even measure levels of sexualization of a society? Is there some sort of scale? People have been drawing naked pictures since they first figured out how to paint on cave walls. It's not going away. People have sex and are very interested in it. If they weren't we'd have died out as a species.
- OhioMan2943 3y ago
  Yes we've had nude stuff before, but part of my point is we've developed as a society since cave times and it might be nice to keep things that way instead of heading into some AI-driven valueless pit, and abdicating these valuable things because 'it's too hard'. Also this is more about pornographic content (what is mentioned in the article) than nude art- there's a world of difference between having a crude charcoal sketch, a renaissance painting, and a degrading porn shot of someone.
  - poisonborz 3y ago
    > we've developed as a society since cave times and it might be nice to keep things that way What does that mean - "developed" mind shouln't be interested in sex? Does porn have to be degrading (for both sides)? You should better separate your own bias and then either have a better argument, or see the fallacy.
  - imgabe 3y ago
    We’ll, I don’t think a value like “your nudity and/or sexuality is an intensely shameful thing and if a stranger sees it, even in a fictional representation, your life is ruined” is such a great thing that we need to preserve. It’s certainly not going to be useful as AI generated images proliferate.

imgabe 3y ago

What does it mean for a society to be "hypersexualized"? What is the appropriate level of sexualization? How do you even measure levels of sexualization of a society? Is there some sort of scale? People have been drawing naked pictures since they first figured out how to paint on cave walls. It's not going away. People have sex and are very interested in it. If they weren't we'd have died out as a species.

OhioMan2943 3y ago
Yes we've had nude stuff before, but part of my point is we've developed as a society since cave times and it might be nice to keep things that way instead of heading into some AI-driven valueless pit, and abdicating these valuable things because 'it's too hard'. Also this is more about pornographic content (what is mentioned in the article) than nude art- there's a world of difference between having a crude charcoal sketch, a renaissance painting, and a degrading porn shot of someone.
- poisonborz 3y ago
  > we've developed as a society since cave times and it might be nice to keep things that way What does that mean - "developed" mind shouln't be interested in sex? Does porn have to be degrading (for both sides)? You should better separate your own bias and then either have a better argument, or see the fallacy.
- imgabe 3y ago
  We’ll, I don’t think a value like “your nudity and/or sexuality is an intensely shameful thing and if a stranger sees it, even in a fictional representation, your life is ruined” is such a great thing that we need to preserve. It’s certainly not going to be useful as AI generated images proliferate.