BY FR. SHAY CULLEN
THIS IS what is causing concern. The AI can be much smarter than humans that invented it and like the legendary HAL in 2001 Space Odyssey movie, take over the ship or nowadays be used to take over the operation of a nuclear power plant and hold the world to ransom.
Humans are wrongfully and criminally using this AI technology to create horrific images of children being sexually abused in increasingly many ways that the Artificial (or Alternative) Intelligence can devise. Angus Crawford and Tony Smith in their important and disturbing article published on the BBC says: “The makers of the abuse images are using AI software called Stable Diffusion, which was intended to generate images for use in art or graphic design.
AI enables computers to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. The Stable Diffusion software allows users to describe, using word prompts, any image they want – and the program then creates the image.
But the BBC has found it is being used to create life-like images of child sexual abuse, including of the rape of babies and toddlers. Later the article states that a “pseudo-image” generated by a computer which depicts child sexual abuse is treated the same as a real image and is illegal to possess, publish or transfer in the UK.
However now we come to the dissemination of these multiple child abuse images and they are being sold to customers in Japan and through Japanese on-line platforms over the internet. The creation and sale of sexualized images, child pornography and even sex acts with a child is not illegal in Japan. This they say is because the Japanese lawmakers seemingly believe that so long as the image is not that of a real child depicted being raped but a cartoon drawing image of it, it is okay. Even cartoon games of a child being abused is apparently allowed. The pedophiles using AI making very realistic life-like images of child abuse are working overtime and making billions of dollars.
The telecommunication companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are still challenged to act to protect children from abuse. Stimulated images of child abuse incite pedophiles to abuse children physically. This AI detection program is so powerful it can identify, detect, intercept and record any image of child abuse passing through a computer server, whether it is of a real child being abused or a simulated one. These simulated AI images are also illegal in most countries except Japan but they can be blocked by an AI program. It is like the battle of the robots.
The ISPs allegedly reject the AI programs since it may slow their servers and they will lose money. The child abuse is allowed to go on, making the telecommunications corporations the enablers of child abuse on-line. AI can be used for the good to protect children but will the powerful ISPs defy the law and ignore their obligation to protect children from harm? Â Only a more powerful leader will stand against their influence and power. (preda.org)/PN
