Fuck AI

That, for example, didn’t work for the mob

And yet, it's oddly difficult to convict a mob boss. Only when it was made illegal to be a member of the mob in the first place (RICO-act) was the US able to meaningfully push back the American mafia. Seems like it works to me.

(Doubly so since this was a video chat and the AI-created girl was not made up to look like a 21-year old play-acting 14.)

That is indeed a piece of evidence the prosecution could use to successfully get a conviction, because it disproves the assertion that the person thought they were chatting with an adult. Why didn't you bring this up earlier? You'd make a terrible lawyer. And the fact that you bring it up as an afterthought shows that you don't think of it is important. It's almost like you care more about what the person has been accused of, rather than whether they actually did it.

Also, please stop acting as an apologist for pædos. It’s really kind of gross. (And go ahead and bring in the pædo-evasion: "AKSCHUALLY IT’S EPHEBOPHILIA!)

I'm defending the god given right of every man to a fair trial, whatever they may be accused of. Your belief that basic rights go out the window once the crime somebody is accused is significantly heinous enough is antithetical to rule of law and harmful to society as a whole. And, ironically, it makes it easier for real criminals to evade justice by making it easier to convict the innocent.