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If you don't yet understand why AI-generated "art" is a bad thing, see what this AI-generated children's encyclopedia [View all]
has in store for children's impressionable minds, between the AI-misguided art and AI text.
You'll find some of the illustrations here:
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/ai-childrens-books-body-horror-edition
Of course, these encyclopedias shape the minds of young children, so we ought to set a high bar. Luckily, I’m told that frontier models have surpassed PhD-level intelligence in the summer of 2025. Most of the books in question were published mid-2026 and the artwork points to a flagship model from a major US-based lab. So, in all likelihood, there’s nothing to worry a—
I've mentioned fairly often that I think the AI bros behind the theft of the world's intellectual property should be prosecuted and spend some time in prison.
And I think most people would agree that those using generative AI for scams and deepfake porn should be prosecuted and punished.
And IMO there really should be criminal penalties for unethical, greedy, lazy AI users generating harmful slop like that book being sold on Amazon, which like so much produced by genAI use really is a type of fraud.
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