Steven Anderegg allegedly used the Stable Diffusion AI model to generate photos; if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prison

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15863526

Steven Anderegg allegedly used the Stable Diffusion AI model to generate photos; if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prison

    • bjorney@lemmy.caEnglish
      191·
      1 month ago

      It’s open source code that someone ran on their own computer, it’s not like he used paid OpenAI credits to generate the image.

      It also would set a bad precedent - it would be like charging Solomons & Fryhle because someone used their (absolutely ubiquitous) organic chemistry textbook to create methamphetamine

    • Demigodrick@lemmy.zipEnglish
      147·
      1 month ago

      Well the American way is not to hold the company accountable, I.e. school shootings, so yeah.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      Just to be clear, you guys think that any company that produces anything that ends up used in a crime should have criminal charges for making the product? Yeah, makes about as much sense as anything these days.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      I think stable diffusion is an open source AI you can run on your own computer, so I don’t see how the developers should be held responsible for that.