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It's not worse - it's just as bad.
That person just can't grapple with any nuance, as they are afraid to let the sentence "ai child porn is less bad" cone out of their mouths
I don't like grading evil for this very reason so I think I will refrain from doing so - thank you for catching me doing that. I will refrain from doing that.
That said, AI CSAM could enable other forms of abuse through blackmail. I can also see very harmful things happening to a child or teenager because people may share this material in a targeted way.
I think both are inhumane and disgusting.
I call it evil because it is intentional and premeditated.
Trying to put everything on degrees is bound to show ignorance and imply that certain things are more acceptable than others.
I don't want to hurt people with my ignorance and I do not want to tell someone that what they experienced is less bad than something else. They are bad and we'll leave it at that.
I am working with this definition : "Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion". There is a difference between human-made and humane.
We can try to rationalize it, sure but I think that doing that generally is a disservice. I don't want to make decisions based on this severity scale. The people who suffer from these problems are all equally deserving of help.