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Debbie Does AI
How GPT programs may soon generate Politically Correct pornography
Anyone who’s used Google’s AI tool for image generation and received an African-American version of George Washington or a Chinese version of Queen Elizabeth I will know that what you get from AI depends on the data sets used to train the model and on the biases of the engineers who tune the parameters of the model.
Given that AI is being developed by folks who regard themselves as “progressive” it’s reasonable to expect that in addition to people using AI to generate marketing emails, project plans, and school essays, AI will also be used to generate pornography. And when it does, it’s reasonable to expect it will reflect the attitudes of those who created the technology rather than the intent of the people looking for racy output. So in the spirit of advanced warning, here’s my prognostication of what we can expect when AI porn begins to spread across the Internet.
“Hello Pat.”
“Hello Frankie.”
The two gender-fluid non-binary people smiled at each other in a non-microaggressive manner, their facial expressions providing reassurance that no assumptions were being made and that appropriate social distance would continue to be maintained.
“I’d like to say,” Frankie said, “without in any way implying that I am objectifying you or failing to acknowledge your intellectual and artistic accomplishments nor suggesting that your primary locus of value is your outward appearance, that you are looking quite nice today.”
“Thanks, Frankie,” Pat replied. “Same to you.”
“In fact,” Frankie continued, “last night I dreamed about covering you in ethically-sourced vegan-certified almond milk and licking it all off. After obtaining your explicit consent both verbally and in writing and also establishing prior to the act that you don’t have a nut allergy or any other condition physical, emotional, or psychological, that could result in such behavior causing you distress or any other form of potential harm.”
“Of course. I would expect no less of you.”
There was a lengthy pause in which each of them silently considered the ethical implications of what had just been said. In a world…
