How do these justify the costs to society?

The 'costs to society' are massively overblown, and some of them (automating jobs) are actually benefits to society.

Nothing says benefiting society like increasing unemployment, destroying what little trust was left in society, and allowing for CSAM and racist propaganda to be generated en masse. At least some corporations will save a few bucks.

The girls that have to deal with their classmates generating nudes of them for the rest of time are glad to hear that their concerns are "overblown".

Nobody tell those girls about Photoshop, or scissors and glue.

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There's some rich irony in accusing somebody who disagrees with you of acting in "bad faith" because you disagree with them.

Ok.