AI-generated CSAM may be protected by first Amend in some cases, judge rules

AI actually provides a pretty clean solution to the drawn/generated "CSAM" problem: decriminalize possession, criminalize distribution. Crack down hard on anyone selling/sharing it but let people draw or generate it for themself.

If anyone with a GPU has access then the cat is out of the bag on the creation side of things. But on the other hand, it means there is little incentive to share / distribute it - unless it's not drawn or generated. Resources can be fully put towards preventing harm to children without getting lost in the weeds of questionably effective, 'slippery slope'-based enforcement which will only become less feasible with AI.

Of course, no politician is going to touch CSAM laws with a ten-foot pole. So things remain in limbo to the benefit of no one.