The whole premise of the survey is absurd. Almost no one would actually admit to using it, so we're multiplying a super small ratio of admittance by a super large ratio of acquaintance and assuming the two cancel which is almost certainly not true.

It's all speculation, the only way to know how many people are using these things is by website visit analytics which these companies would never give away (for free).

Still, even assuming Rumor mill inflation drives this down by a factor of 10, and we slash it down, there are a handful of kids probably doing this, which isn't surprising, bit is extremely upsetting.

Yeah, this is a manifestation of those horny thoughts that go too far unfortunately. I’m unsure how you would even tackle this problem

That's definitely going to happen organically, especially since this is a genie that is definitely never going back in the bottle. It's only going to become more convincing, more accessible, and more widespread, even for simply 'self-contained' use, especially by hormone-flooded teenagers.

I kinda doubt anyone is getting “fooled” by these at this point, though that is a whole nother layer of horrible hell in store for us…

Right now, we’re dealing with the most basic questions:

• Is it immoral (and/or should it be illegal) for people to be trading pornographic approximations of you?
• Is it immoral (and/or should it be illegal) for people to privately make pornographic approximations of you?
• Is it immoral (and/or should it be illegal) to distribute software which allows people to make pornographic approximations of others?

Definitely not. I know my 14 year old 4chan dwelling ass would have known about this before 99.99% of the population.

Don't overestimate teenage innocence, this problem is very much in the public sphere I doubt many teens don't know about this technology already.

It's true that there may be some kids who hadn't thought of it, but I don't think that's a good reason not to ask.

I think 14 is a great age to be talking to kids about these issues. At the very least, they need to understand that nudity can be a big deal where minors are involved. There are charities that give talks about it in schools here. "Don't share nudes of your friends because it's a serious crime".

Kids absolutely need to know about this as soon as they're old enough to have a few minutes alone with any electronic device.

But also this is entirely something kids would do if given the chance. I'd not be surprised if it was a lot more than 1 in 10 either.

Nonsense survey in any case.

Right, so some kids are generating fakes, but the real things are already floating around.

It seems to me that the discussion should really be with the kids about what kind of material or messages are appropriate.

And no, I don't expect that to be 100% successful, but I think it's still the right approach.

Pornography was doing a fine job of that. Naked deep fakes of actual people who are actual minors should not be desensitized.

That game looks badass.

A good choice for school computers, importing images was probably pretty fun.