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Re:Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month... by parl_match on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @03:02PM (#47052482)
that is an ethical and business problem, not entirely a legal problem (currently). hopefully, it will universally be a legal problem in the near future, though. and frankly, anyone paying grok (regardless of their use of it) is contributing to the problem
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Re:Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month... by BoredPositron on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @03:21PM (#47052764)
It's only an ethics and business problem if the produced images are purely synthetic and in most jurisdictions even that is questionable. Grok produced child pornography of real children which is a legal problem.
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Re:Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month... by philistine on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @04:47PM (#47053882)
It is not ethical to wait for legal solutions and in the meantime just producing fake child pornography with your AI solution.

Legal things are amoral, amoral things are legal. We have a duty to live morally, legal is only words in books.

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Re:Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month... by bluGill on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @05:15PM (#47054182)
I live morally. I assume you do - the vast vast majority of reading this comment will not ask AI to produce child porn. However a small minority will, which is why we have laws and police.
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Re:Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month... by Gigachad on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @05:09PM (#47054125)
If you have to wait for the government to tell you to stop producing CP before you stop, you are morally bankrupt.
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