AI porn is better than the real thing (DW)

Virtual pornstar Taylor Swift leads the way again, breaking the internet with her deepfake leaks

The dangers of AI in the porn industry

(DW Documentary) Millions of women are victims of fake sexual content on the internet, created with AI (artificial intelligence).

But porn was supposed to be empowering

"Deepfakes" can look deceptively real, but the images, audio, or video recordings are manipulated.

When Kate Isaacs clicks on the video, she is thoroughly confused: She and a stranger are having sex. Her first thoughts are:

"Who’s that man? Who’s recording this?” And then she realizes that the video is on the internet. After the initial shock, the reality hits her: This is a deepfake, and she is a victim of image-based sexual violence.

Worldwide, millions of women are knowingly or unknowingly victims of deepfake porn -- pornographic content created by using artificial intelligence.

If only this were what "AI porn" looked like rather than the ugly face of being used, exploited

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The technology has advanced so rapidly that these days, anybody with a smartphone and a few pictures of their target can create and distribute deepfake porn, using freely accessible apps.

• WARNING: Do not live in Beverly Hills, be in the 8th grade, and make your own home porno using images from kids at your school, or you might cause an outrage and get expelled.

Women would have sex with men. Enter dolls.

The real-world harm caused by virtual abuse is profound: damaged reputations, career setbacks, threats of violence, depression, suicide.

No one is safe, and anyone can be targeted. Yet, it is almost impossible to defend oneself. #documentary #dwdocumentary

• DW Documentary, March 5, 2024 (DW is a German public broadcast service.); Seth Auberon, Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly