I still think the act itself is pretty gross but yeah, the harm is the important part for me - and I don’t mean that just in case of sexual images. It’s also a problem in terms of content created to affect people’s reputation in other ways or influence the sociopolitical situation (something that’s already happening around the world).

The harmful potential of generative AI is on a completely different scale than photoshopped images already mentioned in this thread by others. That doesn’t mean genAI can’t be used in fun and interesting ways but stuff like what’s described in the linked article is a big no no for me.

In my opinion absolutely. Whatever happens in your head stays in your head and doesn’t affect the other person unless you take active steps for that to happen. Images or videos on the other hand can not only be distributed far easier, even accidentally, but also have a way higher chance of affecting people’s lives (how can you disprove you didn’t take nude photos of yourself for example? let alone make people believe it). They can lead to loss of reputation, harassment, bullying and serious mental issues for the victims (trust issues, anxiety, depression, self-harm) - imagination can’t really do that on its own.

Perhaps distribution is the real problem but easy access to tools that can create convincing results quickly and without effort makes said distribution way more probable.

Photoshop requires at least some skill and doesn’t allow for mass production of fakes the way generative AI does. Same problem, different scale.

That’s a fair point but, as you already mentioned, deepfakes are a pretty universal problem unfortunately. The type of misogyny in Japan compared to say US or Europe doesn’t seem to affect that much (if at all). Either way, it’s a terrible practice without sufficient ways to combat it at the moment which makes me pretty worried about how things will evolve in the future - in terms of “content”, affecting lives of victims and laws that will come out of this (some probably made in the worst possible knee-jerk reactionary ways).

There’s still a difference between a piece of clothing that may or may not have been worn by anonymous women and creations using real people without their knowledge or consent. Not trying to defend those vending machines but these aren’t the same in terms of results and potential effects on the victims.

Yeah, current balance is pretty whack - great if you want a full-on power fantasy, not so great if you like to struggle (if only a bit). Simple XP Multiplier is an absolute must for me as I prefer to go slooooow with progression (in general not just in Cyberpunk) and mixed with other progression affecting mods can make you feel like you’re really struggling to dig yourself out from the depths of NC.

I’m all about immersion and trying to make the game feel like I’m part of the world so besides various fixes some of the mods on the list focus on minor (some may say useless) fluff features. I’m also one of the weirdos who prefers the pre 2.0 version of the game in some regards so don’t be surprised by some of the choices.

Here’s my list (in no particular order):

• No Forced Weapon On Carrying Bodies
• Sit Anywhere
• Lean Anywhere
• No crowd panic from using devices
• Vanilla Rain Effect Fix (can be hard to spot but the rain effect has a pretty obvious vertical tiling issue)
• Pre-2.0 Access Point Scaling (no more level scaling when hacking access points)
• Pre-2.0 Skill Checks (no more level scaling for skill checks)
• Pet Your Cat (you can pet Nibbles in your first apartment after adopting it)
• Gunsensical (weapon stat rebalance)
• Enemy Rarity Fixes (enemy rebalance)
• Pre-2.0 NCPD Scanner Map Icons (restores separate icon for different activity types)
• Diverse Loot (adds Dog Town loot to NC)
• Bike Wipeout (makes falling off bikes easier)
• Resist and Restore (restores NPCs resistances and vulnerabilities removed with 2.0)
• The Weapons ARE NOT broken 2.1 (enemy weapons no longer end up broken when dropped)
• Relic Malfunctions Restored (restores malfunction effects removed with 2.0)
• Cyberpunk 2077 HD Reworked Project (higher res textures)
• Immersive Crafting Access (crafting access available only from home workbenches and vehicle trunks)
• Economy Tweaks and Balance (slower reward curve, less bling bling to spend)
• Actually Bulletproof Vests (bulletproof vests provide real damage mitigation but affect movement speed)
• Wilson’s Range (you can go pew pew there outside of the competition quest)
• Immersive Sunglasses (sunglasses dim your view)
• Live A Little (gives some breathing room between quests instead of making them available right away)
• Immersive First Person (better first person camera)
• Better Vehicle First Person (ditto but for vehicles)
• Simple XP Multiplier (customise your EXP, rep etc. gain)

I also use various clothing, quest and other misc mods but these are the major ones. I haven’t browsed for new mods in a year or so, might be a time to change that.