The Rise of Adult Deepfakes in Entertainment Content and Popular Media
The rise of "adult deepfakes"—AI-generated pornography featuring the faces of celebrities and non-consenting individuals—represents the most controversial application of this technology. Unlike a CGI dinosaur, this use of deepfakes attacks personal autonomy.
The Entertainment Industry and Adult Deepfakes
Popular media has survived the VCR, the internet, and piracy. It will survive deepfakes, but it will be transformed. The face you see on screen tomorrow might not be a human actor. The question is not whether we can create these realities—it is whether we should.
