AI Will Change Porn Forever! Really?

We’ve all heard it before. Artificial intelligence (AI) is destined to change porn – all aspects of it – forever.

From the way porn is produced, distributed, and consumed, AI will likely have a role to play at every stage.

But if you ask some experts, how AI changes porn may all come down to some very human characteristics: morals and ethics.

What is AI? Generally, it’s technology that simulates human intelligence and problem-solving skills using computers and machines. How that technology will change the adult industry continues to be an open question.

But we’re starting to see some effects in action, and it has to do with how AI can make sexual fantasies come true and provide companionship and emotional support.

How would you like to pick the “perfect” companion for chatting and sexting in the privacy and comfort of your own home? You can, using the AI-powered MyPeach.ai romance app.

How it works is simple. You tell the app what you want and it “creates your perfect companion” – all generated by AI. You decide and customize every facet of your AI companion from her hair color to her personality, and you decide what sexual fantasies to experience with your companion.

The app promises to help you, “Uncover new facets of yourself with each interaction…try something new, all without shame or stigma.” Your AI companion is ready for anything you can imagine.

The app Replika provides AI-generated emotional support for consumers. The app describes itself as the “AI companion who cares. Always here to listen and talk. Always on your side."

Consumers can use Replika to create an AI-generated friend, partner, or mentor – whatever they want.

“Your Replika will always be by your side no matter what you’re up to,” according to the website. “Chat about your day, do fun or relaxing activities together, share real-life experiences…catch up on video calls, and so much more.”

The more the consumer chats with their AI companion, the smarter it gets.

Apps like MyPeach and Replika speak to what’s possible using AI in general.

As personalized AI products enter the adult industry, bringing with them the ability for consumers to fully customize sexually satisfying experiences, it raises questions about the potential impact on revenues for traditional sex workers and adult content producers.

Even more concerning to some are the morals and ethics that AI-generated porn lacks and how that could contribute to a rise in deepfakes, objectification, and harmful images, depicting illegal sexual interactions.

A push for more ethics in AI porn is similar to what we’re seeing in traditional porn.

Some adult content consumers want to know that the porn they’re watching centers the performer’s pay, safety, and treatment in production, and more female-centered content that showcases diverse body types, genders and realistic sex consensually made.

But with AI’s ability to create sexual images, companions, and interactions without boundaries raises concerns about ethics.

A recent Washington Post article referred to “AI dream girls coming for pornstar jobs.” That story is on to something, especially when adult content creators and pornstars could face the issue of AI porn using their likeness to satisfy a consumer’s fantasy.

Those creators and pornstars won’t earn any revenues from that interaction.

The advent of AI porn opens the floodgates for what’s possible in the adult industry. But like most new technologies, it brings with it troubling ethical concerns that could infringe on creators’ revenues and rights.

Will AI change porn forever? It’s possible.

What’s clear is that engineers need to program these tools so they propagate realistic, ethical, portrayals of sex and human interaction in ways that protect human values and social well-being.