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A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography, highlighting the danger and ubiquity of generative AI being used for nefarious reasons.

Phillip Michael McCorkle was arrested last week while he was working at a movie theater in Vero Beach, Florida, according to TV station CBS 12 News. A crew from the TV station captured the arrest, which made for dramatic video footage due to law enforcement leading away the uniform-wearing McCorkle from the theater in handcuffs.

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[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 102 points 1 year ago

"I'll know it when I see it."

I can't think of anything scarier than that when dealing with the legality of anything.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 28 points 1 year ago

I'm nearly 40 and still regularly get carded while other people out with me do not so it's not just "we card everyone". People are bad at judging age.

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you in an age gap relationship? I find that my ID gets checked more if I'm in any kind of age gap, I assume due to curiosity. Do you get carded the same amount if you are alone?

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Nope I'm not in a relationship ship at all. This is while out with friends but I'm usually the first one there or with one other dude who is about the same age as me so nothing to speak of there. It happens regardless of if I'm alone or not. I got carded at the grocery store checkout last week and she seemed genuinely shocked at my age.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 18 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

They really downplayed the criticism of the phrase in the article, it's actually criticised quite often for being so subjective.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes something cant have a perfect definition. What's the difference between a gulf, a bay, and a channel? Where does the shore line become a beach? When does an arid prairie become a desert? How big does a town have to grow before it becomes a city? At what point does a cult bevota religion?When does a murder become premeditated vs a crime of passion? When does a person become too drunk to give active consent? Human behavior is a million shades of gray, just like everytbing else we do, and the things that don't fit into our clear definitions are where the law needs to be subjective.

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

First batch don't have anything to do with what can get you arrested.

Beyond that, a crime of passion is legally defined as:

In criminal law, a crime of passion is a crime committed in the "heat of passion" or in response to provocation, as opposed to a crime that was premeditated or deliberated.

Premeditated murder though is:

Premeditation is when an individual contemplates, for any length of time, the undertaking of an activity and then subsequently takes the action.

As for too drunk to consent, you can read "Victim Intoxication and Capacity to Consent in Sexual Assault Statutes across the United States"

The result is the same, when you are dealing with a legal matter, you need real definitions, or you have laws that are too vague and overly ripe for abuse. It becomes the legal roulette of "is the cup half full or half empty" with someones life and/or future in the balance

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