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Technically speaking there is no such thing as child porn - it's abuse material i.e. evidence of a crime. However, there has been no crime when the content is AI generated so it would be categorized as simulated abuse material.
Child porn as a term shouldn't really be used at all. It downplays what said content actually is. It's similar to calling female genital mutilation a "female circumcison".
Us federal law explicitly uses and defines the term "child pornography" in 18 us 2251-2256.
From justic.gov:
Section 2256 of Title 18, United States Code, defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor (someone under 18 years of age). Visual depictions include photographs, videos, digital or computer generated images indistinguishable from an actual minor, and images created, adapted, or modified, but appear to depict an identifiable, actual minor.
So no on all accounts. Child pornography is an actually legal term, and ai generation does not get around it if it depicts a real, existant person.
or male genital mutilation a "circumcision"
No. Circumcision is the actual name of the medical procedure in question.
This is, linguistically, an unwinnable fight, imo. People understand what "porn" is(/is meant to be), and 'child' is just a descriptor. People are never naturally going to start saying "abuse material" instead of "porn" in instances like these.
We can't even get people to consistently say STI instead of STD after all this time. You've got to pick your battles, lol.