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It's the old issue at the core of discussions about fictional sexual depictions of children in general. Some claim it can act as a harmless alternative outlet, others the opposite that it will encourage people to do actual harm.
I'd be surprised if it was the latter given that similar claims ("violent video games cause violence") have been proven to be bullshit, but to my knowledge there aren't really any studies on it either (probably bc it's hard to do).
Yeah, thats because you cant go out and cast fuckin fireball at a troll in real life.
AI's are trained on real images of real children to generate child porn, its completely realistic and exactly in line with all the other child porn these people are most likely viewing, except thanks to the AI they can sink into their disgusting fucking shit even further by tailoring every fucked up image to their fucked up wants. Theres no bullshit attempt to handwave it away as a drawing and that the character is actually a 9000 year old dragon or whatever other fucked up bullshit. It is unabashedly child exploitation material.
Trying to compare it to video games is a disgusting attempt to distract and deflect.