Artificial intelligence has always been a topic that has been circling the thinking heads of the greatest geniuses in recent decades. From science fiction to reality, being used as villains in some books or movies, but slowly sneaking into our days. Boosted by the expansion of the Internet, the infinite repository to access to get the information they need, AIs are beginning to really attract attention. In fact, there are many who predict that, in a few years, the world will be practically governed by these intelligences… if it is not already. And we live tied to the digital and virtual world, where the control of algorithms and bots is complete. They decide what you see, what you eat, what you consume, through the advertisements and messages that you receive on social networks. They know what you listen to, what you like, what you secretly enjoy. …They know you better than you know yourself.
Artificial intelligences are a tool that can bring incredible benefits to human beings, in the same way that fire did, overcoming the distance. It can become a real turning point when it comes to understanding the world, relying on them to perform calculations and obtain results that were impossible until a few years ago. However, like any other tool, it can also be devastating in the wrong hands. And it is that point that currently most worries those who know the potential of Artificial Intelligence. The problem lies in who manages them and what their objectives are. Use them to try to find a solution to a complicated medical problem? Of course. Have a cover illustration for our book in five minutes, instead of paying a designer? This is where the problems begin. But it doesn’t just have to do with art or creativity. The possibilities offered by Artificial Intelligence are practically infinite, and their potential reaches such that today, manipulating a photo or video is very simple. To the point that pornographic montages are beginning to appear with very famous people who would never do porn in their lives… but watching the videos, one no longer knows what to believe.
Porn, always with the latest advances
The pornography industry has always been aware of the latest developments, since its own survival has been managed thanks to these terms. We are talking about a business that has been changing and evolving over the years in a spectacular way, and that has always been open to new options. Already in the mid-90s there were some platforms from the early Internet that offered live sex shows through webcams. All very rudimentary… but the idea was there. In these last two decades, porn has investigated all the advances and technical advances to be able to add them to its own industry, from virtual reality to artificial intelligence. The result is a business that does not stop growing and that adapts much better than others to the changes that come. And with AIs it has not been different.
Everything AI can do
We are facing an incredible opportunity for human knowledge to expand to a level never seen before. With the help of artificial intelligence, a good programmer or prompt creator can not only save a lot of time on mechanical tasks, but also surpass their own knowledge. Generative and iterative AIs, so fashionable these years, manage to unify the knowledge they take from millions of data on the Internet, selecting the most appropriate ones. With the right question or request, they are capable of creating an answer that not only serves what we are looking for, but also opens up a new world of options for us. All this in the field of thought applied to any sector, from technology to music or art itself.
But at a technical level, these intelligences are also giving surprising results. We find, for example, programs like Stable Diffusion or Dall-E, capable of generating spectacular images from scratch through text. But we also have programs that, using artificial intelligence, can completely transform a video, create special effects to change one face for another, or even cut up and assemble a scene more effectively. The limits of artificial intelligence are still very far away, and we are at a crucial moment to continue learning and incorporating everything that comes to us from this sector. And in the world of porn, these advantages are already being taken advantage of… sometimes unethically, it must be said.
Deepfakes, effects, virtual reality…
Deepfakes have become one of the most important resources in current digital effects. Being able to rejuvenate the face of an actor on screen, or even place that of someone who is no longer there in the body of any other actor, is truly savage. But this is not just for action movies or superheroes. It also happens in porn, since the use of AIs has been democratized to the point that anyone can do this type of work, with more than acceptable quality. Fakes of naked celebrities are not exactly something new, but these days the boom of this type of deepfakes is coming, with a much more natural and powerful quality than yesteryear. In fact, today it is already difficult to discern whether a video doctored with AI is real or not.
The quality with which these montages are currently made is brutal, so much so that it becomes worrying. There are already applications that undress any girl (or boy, of course) in both photos and videos. Likewise, cutting-edge digital effects are coming to porn in many different ways. So much so that there is even a new category, images and videos created exclusively by AI, which is being very popular. On Onlyfans there are models that are not real, but generated by artificial intelligence… and they earn thousands of dollars per month. And all this without mentioning virtual reality, an immersive experience that, thanks to AI, is finally achieving very optimal results.
An uncertain future
Nobody knows what is really going to happen with artificial intelligences. For most, these types of applications are clearly the future, and it is better to get on the bandwagon and take advantage of them. For many others, we have already gone through these stories, and today, perhaps we have to tone down our enthusiasm a little. What is clear is that artificial intelligence can become an ally, but also an executioner of our own humanity. Leaving everything in the hands of a bot, which, no matter how intelligent it is, has no empathy or emotional intelligence, can be dangerous. The future is uncertain, and we will have to be prepared for everything that can happen.