Reply To: Nude, Not Lewd: The Cultural Divide in Art

that is a very powerful example, and a sobering one. Robodebt is exactly what happens when systems designed for efficiency are allowed to operate without understanding, context, or accountability, and when human judgement is treated as an inconvenience rather than a safeguard. The human cost of that failure should never be forgotten.

You are absolutely right that the same flaw appears in content moderation and censorship systems. They are not neutral arbiters. They reflect the assumptions, blind spots, and values of the people who design them, often stripped of empathy and nuance once automated. When applied to art, the result is crude binaries: nude equals sexual, body equals indecent, context equals irrelevant.

What worries me most is not just the silencing of images, but the silencing of discussion. When AI shuts down conversation because it cannot distinguish between exploitation and expression, it reinforces cultural discomfort rather than challenging it. That is how we end up with a society that is technically “protected” yet intellectually impoverished.

Your phrase says it perfectly: we need far more I and far less A. AI can assist, but it should never be the final authority in areas that depend on human judgement, ethics, culture, or lived experience, art being a prime example.

Thank you for bringing such a serious and humane perspective