Wow yall got triggered. How about simulated child porn ai, or nudify ai to make fake nudes from normal pictures. Or Ai Generated Hate Propaganda.

All of these can be done without AI.

I'd presume that HN readers of all people would be able to recognize the inherent power in increasing access, reducing friction, and powerful force multipliers like AI.

Your statement reads exactly the same as "people can be killed without firearms". It's true, but firearms obviously help and cause measurable harm compared to alternatives because it makes killing (whether homicide or suicide) much easier.

aside from simulated child porn which has already been proven illegal.. i think. what exactly is the problem? If you're asking bigtech to be the morality police it's not going to work. Actually, i would love to seem them attempt this. A unified moral code for all AI globally. If they pull that off i'd ask them for a unified global religion next.

I think fake nudes could also be illegal (because you're using someone's image without their consent).

> has already been proven illegal

On the contrary. Only depictions of actual identifiable persons under the age of 18 are illegal in the U.S., according to justice.gov [0]

[0] https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...