They do exist, and that can’t be undone, but those depicted in them have not consented to be used in training data. I get the ends, I just don’t think that makes the means ethically okay. And maybe the ends aren’t either, to be fair, without awaiting research on the subject, however one might do that.
Or we could like…not
The images already exist, though, and if they can be used to prevent more real children from being abused…
It’s definitely a tricky moral dilemma, like using the results of Unit 731 to improve our treatment of hypothermia.
They do exist, and that can’t be undone, but those depicted in them have not consented to be used in training data. I get the ends, I just don’t think that makes the means ethically okay. And maybe the ends aren’t either, to be fair, without awaiting research on the subject, however one might do that.