Mark Berman’s integrity , ethics and willingness to work hard on what really matters in order to PROTECT CHILDREN is why he is one of my hero’s. He never disappoints.

Mark BERMAN for President.

Berman’s proposed bill sounds noble in its intent, but I wonder if we might be heading down a slippery slope in limiting what AI image generators might do.

The current term for when AI provides an incorrect or faulty line of text or example is to say it “hallucinated.” What happens when an AI image generator does a similar thing, and the user isn’t even aware of it, but the image stays on the user’s hard drive?

I abhor child pornograpy. That said, perhaps Mr. Berman might tighten up his bill a bit.

What's being done to shut down the proliferation of obscene Japanese Anime videos? Apparently they have been in existence for decades. Now that there are multiple platforms to display those obscene videos all over the internet, it's a runaway train. I have a Japanese relative who moved to the states after marriage, and had one child, and they let the kid watch youtube -- but they only let her look at Japanese videos, so that she can learn about her culture and improve her language skills. That was, until the row of suggested videos on the side included obscene anime videos. The only way she can look at videos now are if they have been downloaded for viewing offline. But it's still out there and if our government thinks it can eliminate child porn, they need to look at the platforms that allow them to be posted publicly. I wouldn't have the first clue about how to create a video, let alone one using AI impersonators. People with those skills are probably few. The people they need to prosecute are the owners of the platforms -- youtube, vimeo, etc. Pull it up by the roots.

Another specific thing Mr. Berman might do to protect children would be to author a bill in the California Assembly that would prohibit the medical community from prescribing puberty blockers to those under the age of 18.

Child Porn is a big topic. It is part opinion as to what children are allowed to read at different age groups, what the classroom teaches, and now transgender operations at a young age. Berman is poking the bear but the bear is poking back.