Okay, so if a bot uses AI to generate shitty grainy unflattering dick-pics and send those unsolicited to people, is that still wrong?
To receive a picture (pic) of a dick that never was, attached to a man that could never harm you, as but a figment of the bits? In the absence of implication?
I mean, ignoring whatever ethics you feel about the generation of AI images in general…
Maybe I’m too sleepy… 😴
Let me reword your question with an entirely darker and more ‘really happening in the world’ version of what you’re asking here ;
“If grok generates CSAM at a user’s request, and then posts it on twitter, is twitter still hosting CSAM even though it isn’t a ‘real’ human?”
(The Occupied courts of america say ‘no’, but we all know why that is)
Because it’s not about how the image came to be, it’s about what the image contains.