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>Or does this give pedophiles a way to satiate their desires indefinitely with only AI-based content, and lead to a lower portion abusing actual kids?

By that logic, if I see regular porn I would not be interested in having sex.

I assure you this is not the case, and your premise is flawed.

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Way to dismiss a solid argument based on an anecdote. I wouldn't be so quick to conclude that porn has nothing to do with seeking out real life sex, especially given how it has been widely studied that the amount of sex young adults are having has been steadily going down since the end of 90's.

>Way to dismiss a solid argument based on an anecdote.

We'll have to agree to disagree that it's a solid argument. I think it's weak and specious.

You don't exactly give any sources or justification for your arguments either.

Except that there is a good bit of data suggesting that access to porn does reduce sexual assault.

I don't think there is. I've seen data suggesting correlation but no causal studies.

Yea, that is moving goalposts.

A causal study in this case is basically impossible.

So at the moment, we have correlation studies compared to your anecdote….

>Yea, that is moving goalposts.

No it's not. The comment I replied to was the one suggesting there is a causal relationship.

My anecdote is a counterargument that shows the erroneous logic underlying the original claim.

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