OP did use the word “might”. Not saying every man has that dangerous interest but are there men out there with sexually dangerous intent? Without a doubt.
More to the point, there are men out there with unhealthy interests that haven't and might not accelerate to something worse.
Much like when that AI executive dude started talking about layers of hidden reality or whatever it was, that some LLM helped him "find": people were clear that whatever his problems, he might not have blurted that shit out loud, or even developed those thoughts as much, if it were not for the reassurance loop of whatever tool was helping him go a bit more mad.
We understand what happened in his case, right? Perhaps he was keeping that under control and then wasn't, because it was all so plausible.
Now imagine it being video of some young woman realistically depicted doing things she has not consented to do, in the hands of a man who is obsessed and is just keeping that under control. An obsessive fan, for example.
You can just as easily imagine that going the other way?
I get your point, but I’ve never seen any research into whether this material makes people more or less likely to actually perpetrate crimes related to it.
A chat loop is a bit different from a static video/photo.
