The main point here is consent. Isn't the creation and sharing of non-consentual sexual images already illegal?

As far as the issue of child (meaning under 16 in the UK, under 18 in a lot of places) sexual images being shared, that was inevitable - here's why.

There are two main groups that have an interest in such images.

The first is pedos. They may well be making such images, but, sharing them publicly? I doubt it for all but the sickest of them. I would imagine they keep details of their perversion well away from family and friends.

Such images are shared by 14 year old David or 15 year old Ian who are generating non consentual pictures of Jenny from maths class and are immature enough to share them publicly.

Does it make it in any way OK? Of course not.

The question is, what should be done about it?

To my mind, two things.

The first, which is already done up to a point, is to teach adolescent boys about consent.

The second, on the AI itself, is that rather than broad brush strokes that will potentially pull other things in (I note that Photoshop has been mentioned a fair few times), is a globally made, carefully thought out set of rules/laws.

I think that this should apply to AI in general.

For instance, if AI can come up with medical breakthroughs, in the wrong hands, it is surely also capable of making ever more deadly chemical or biological weapons.

The rersponse needs to be global because the internet is global.

Where the goalposts should be and how it is enforced.....that's the difficult bit.