Artificial Intelligence and Porn: Now an Irresistible Duo

The porn industry too is leveraging artificial intelligence to evolve itself

Disclaimer: It is to best of our knowledge that the porn industry is nothing illegal and that it provides sources of livelihood to many. Sticking to our focus area of artificial intelligence, we wish to express some serious issues on abuse of AI in the porn industry.

Prior to diving deep into the crux of the matter as to how AI is being utilized in porn industry or discussing more on AI and porn, it is important for us to get the facts and statistics right.

The traffic percentage of porn hub has increased by 26% during the lockdown. This percentage is inclusive of mostly males and very less of females. Other porn sites like xHamster and YouPorn have witnessed a rise in their audience base which includes under-aged ones, porn should be blocked from.

Several other unpopular porn sites have been called out by women functioning in UK mostly, for making profits out of exploitation of women.

AI in porn industry: Use or Abuse?

Uttering the word AI for porn industry triggers streaks of laughter in us but they say that literally, everything can be done. And that is what the porn industry follows.

Artificial intelligence has made massive contributions in transforming and evolving sectors ranging from health care to finance and education. It is a world unimaginable without AI. However, it pricks us a little when we imagine a place for AI in the porn industry.

Undoubtedly, the porn industry is not illegitimate and operates very much under the laws. But the presence of a darker or a shadower side to practically everything – cannot be denied either.

Shedding lights on the porn industry reveals a lot about the reality of porn industry and the porn business. Forbes has affirmed that the entry of AI into the porn industry has caused a drastic transformation of it and there is no looking back now.

Besides performing the tasks AI performs for OTT platforms like Netflix , Amazon Prime or ZEE5 where it brings up flicks based on the viewers' previous watch and doing the same for porn sites as well where it tags porn videos and reels based on recent watches, it has also been put to immoral and unethical uses. Some of these are:

• The porn business uses AI for crafting sex toys. The oral sex simulator was created by VCEI company, which was also accessible to under-aged people. It was also misused by fanatics and maniacs to assault and exploit women.
• AI is now largely used in porn industry for fake presentations and mispresentations. This is also inclusive of deep fakes. Deep fakes are feigned portrayals of real people. Often, the known-faces that you come across on social media are not of their own, but have been deep faked using artificial intelligence.

Deep fake AI and porn are prevalent in the porn industry which is the primary cause of exploitation. It has made women and children safety questionable.

Is it true that porn is fuelling exploitation?

Sadly, yes. In the current times and especially in the times of house arrest, porn has been the reason behind a hike in human and child trafficking and exploitation on social media. There have been news of suicides of individuals who were held prey to cyber blackmails and otherwise.

The advanced AI technologies are being put to use to steal identities of netizens and use them for the porn business. There have been cases of illegal usage of photographs without netizens having the slightest clue.

Probable ways to curb the crime:

1. Enhancing cyber security. Implementing the existing rules properly and designing stricter laws to prevent illegal moves.

2. Censoring of content that is threatening and offensive.

3. Inaccessibility rules for the under-aged and to take strict actions when violated.