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A Brave New World, Pornography, and Artificial Intelligence

There has been a startling new finding in the area of artificial intelligence.

By Satya SammPublished about a year ago 5 min read
A Brave New World, Pornography, and Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial intelligence has been developing for a while. In recent months, some of the technological advancements have become too difficult to ignore. because not long after these image-creation tools were made available, the ChatGPT also entered the scene. As more and more people learned about these services, a variety of people, including writers, teachers, students, and historians, began speculating about how they might change everything in the future. Given how quickly things change in the technological world, it is difficult to assume that these programmes won't improve over time. It will be challenging to ignore the threat it poses to all kinds of creators once they do, though.

As online pornography has become more pervasive in our society, artificial intelligence has begun to enter that industry. It's perhaps not surprising that more nefarious uses for AI image creation, which is rapidly advancing to new heights, have been found. The problem gained attention after a high-profile incident involving popular Twitch streamer Brandon Ewing, also known as "Atrioc," in which he unintentionally revealed to his viewers a tab he'd unintentionally left open in which he was viewing other popular streamers' AI-generated pornography. Similar to regular AI image generators, which also mine a vast amount of online imagery in an effort to produce new imagery based on it, these porn generators have the same function.

These programmes search through a sizable amount of online pornography in an effort to identify patterns and replicate them. Based on the tens of thousands of pornographic videos they were trained on, these programmes can approximate how human genitalia look. In essence, people now have access to tools that let them produce pornography that is unique to their preferences and tendencies. Additionally, very little of the pornography that is produced is done so voluntarily. It's difficult to ignore the moral dilemmas raised here. Children's images can also be created by computer learning models.

After learning that Atrioc had used Deepfake porn to create a naked image of her, Twitch streamer QTCinderella made a social media comment claiming that "it's not as simple as merely being assaulted." You respond, "It's much more than that." She went on to talk in an interview about the body dysmorphia she had acquired as a result of this disaster. People who were featured in deep-fake AI pornography have, in some cases, even lost their reputations and careers as a result. It goes without saying that this type of content poses a risk to those who work in the sex industry and those who upload images of themselves online. These changes have been opposed by numerous sex workers in recent days and weeks, but that's not the case.

According to well-known OnlyFans model Laura Lux, anyone who thinks AI-generated images of hot naked women are going to ruin the economy for real women, "has a basic misconception of what OnlyFans is. According to Lux, who continues, "based on a parasocial connection created by following me on other social media platforms, they subscribe to my OnlyFans because they want to see me naked." It is virtually impossible to contest the fact that this development in computing technology will have a significant impact on the world. Deep fakes are already influencing our politics. It appears that these new technologies will widen gaps, intensify conflicts, and decide elections. Nearly five years have passed since the beginning of a deep-faked Barack Obama video.

At the time, a lot of predictions were made regarding the development of this technology. Since then, it has quietly evolved in the background in preparation for the viral takeover that image-generating software, chatbots, and AI porn are currently causing. As our lives become more and more centred around these strange new technologies, it seems as though we are finding ourselves in situations that we are unable to contextualise. One the one hand, it should be obvious that it is wrong to depict people we know in real life in pornography. On the other hand, these new technologies have given us powers far beyond what our society can do to effectively utilise them. a popular opinion

But we are a long-lived species that dwells in caves. It used to be a revolutionary discovery just to know that fire could be used and controlled. Because of the development of the internet and the development of electricity, we are still not entirely stable. However, no comparisons can be made because we currently use detachable robots and algorithms to create sexualized replicas of the people we find attractive. The situation defies comparison. When I think about what a peculiar development this is in the course of human history, I can't help but feel bad for everyone.

I wonder what standards people will be held to in the future as society changes in this manner. How long before someone scolds you for using your Neuralink chip to revisit memories of the woman you are no longer consensual with? Is it only a matter of time before we begin to revile one another because of the beliefs we hold? It's important to refrain from comparing historical figures to contemporary individuals. After all, our founding fathers owned slaves by the standards of the time. Things that today may be commonplace and accepted were not for our founding fathers because they owned slaves, including the following: Applying the well-established principles of consent to, however, as we ascend this

Few people still adhere to these cultural norms. We have deviated greatly from the norm and the natural. Technology is permanent. Now that they are out of the bag, we can never hope to tame these creatures of our modern world. Social media, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and the Internet Given how drastically these tools have diverged from our previous expectations for the future, it's amazing that we can be so apathetic towards ourselves. By carrying around phones that have access to the Internet, we appear surprised at their abuse. We are generally completely unprepared to handle the never-ending stream of problems that define the digital era. Even though February has just begun, this is the third time that AI porn has suddenly appeared.

When Pandora's box was opened in that year. It's still challenging to predict what the future of AI will bring. The fact that it is a sector that is rapidly growing and has the potential to fundamentally alter our environment is, however, what is more obvious. It won't take long for the results to become clear. It is imperative that we work to understand one another as we each experiment for the first time with technologies that are light years beyond the capabilities of anyone who has come before us. It's important to keep this in mind.

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Satya Samm

I enjoy creating fiction, including short tales, novels, plays, and screenplays, all of which deal with modern technical challenges.

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