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This is true only if all the outcomes are the same. However “all the outcomes” includes long term outcomes of swapping the real for the fake, and historically there have been unanticipated consequences aka outcomes when doing so.

In the case of AI pornography, the scary outcome to me is that more people become addicted to internet pornography and the amount of healthy connections in society decreases.

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There is already more pornography in the world then one person could consume in a lifetime. Why would this change anything?

Many people who cannot currently afford bespoke pornography or personal interaction will now have access to it. I don't know what that will lead to but it is certainly a significant difference.

This has been the case for a long time but my sense is that pornography addiction is a growing concern because of the accessibility and customizability increases that technology has afforded. AI accelerates that.

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