Like toddlers dropping bricks onto the motorway and hitting speeding motorists. "It's the brick's fault shrugs what can you do really?"

Makes me wonder, if someone were to mail AI generated smut to children, would they get into trouble?

Yes, the article is quite clear on this. If a person interacted with a child in this way it would be a crime. The fact that character AI is not being protected criminally is a severe lapse by our legal system.

This is terrifying.