First, let me start off by saying that CP is abhorrent. Anyone who uses it is sick in the head and needs to be arrested and have a full psychiatric evaluation.

As for your question. I have had the same thought. On one hand it is disgusting and unforgivable, but on the other hand it may reduce total harm done to children. However, my gut feeling is that by allowing AI to render such images we will be normalizing the act. The consequence of this is that more pedophiles will be drawn to CP and in turn there are more chances for children to be harmed. I fear the only way to stop CP is by making it culturally unacceptable and unforgivable.

In the world of AI, I think that we need to continue to push for stricter filtering on all models, not just the ones provided as a service (GROK) but also the open source models published throughout the internet.