Now that generative AI models can produce photorealistic, fake images of child sexual abuse, regulators and child safety advocates are worried that an already-abhorrent practice will spiral further out of control. But lost in this fear is an uncomfortable possibility--that AI-generated child pornography could actually benefit society in the long run by providing a less harmful alternative to the already-massive market for images of child sexual abuse. The growing consensus among scientists is that pedophilia is biological in nature, and that keeping pedophilic urges at bay can be incredibly difficult. "What turns us on sexually, we don't decide that--we discover that," said psychiatrist Dr. Fred Berlin, director of the Johns Hopkins Sex and Gender Clinic and an expert on paraphilic disorders. "It's not because [pedophiles have] chosen to have these kinds of urges or attractions. They've discovered through no fault of their own that this is the nature of what they're afflicted with in terms of their own sexual makeup … We're talking about not giving into a craving, a craving that is rooted in biology, not unlike somebody who's having a craving for heroin."