Artificial intelligence is being repurposed to fulfill sexual fantasies

Between interactive sex toys and virtual friends, generative artificial intelligence is now being used by the porn industry. Today, seeing someone playing an AI sex game is no longer a strange sight. But what are the ethical and psychological concerns of this new technology? The porn industry has always been at the forefront of technological innovation, constantly looking for new ways to stimulate human desire. Recently, generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, has entered the field and is being used to create personalized and interactive erotic scenarios, challenging our concept of intimacy and raising complex ethical questions. One important recent innovation is the integration of generative AI into sex toys. The way it works is simple: the user expresses their fantasies to the AI, which in turn creates sophisticated erotic scenarios in the form of a physical device that is essentially the embodiment of an aiporn game. The sex toy vibrates in response to various intense moments in the scenario. This is a prototype and the device is open to the public. However, this technology is not limited to integration with sex toys. Another important innovation has emerged. “Sex bots” are virtual companions capable of developing emotional and sexual interactions with their users. Given the quality of these AI responses, you can easily forget that you are talking to a machine. An AI sex game today “acts” like a real person and will do even better in the future.

AI, sex and ethics

It is important to note that some of these AIs, such as ChatGPT or Google’s Bard, have strict restrictions that prevent their use for sexual purposes, for example to design scripts for aiporn games. Other AIs, such as Meta’s Llama, whose code is open-sourced, have seen these barriers removed by independent developers, thus paving the way for discussions around potentially violent or illegal fantasies. The ethical ramifications of this development are worrying. For philosopher Thierry Hoquet, an expert on sexuality and robotics, AI’s insensitivity does not justify its unfettered use. Our interactions with AI, though private, can have real repercussions. Can we really create a completely private world of desire? It seems we can and it’s already being realized in some Porn AI Games. The porn industry has always been a driving force for innovation. It democratized VHS in the 70s, video streaming, internet shopping and was among the first to use mobile phones for erotic purposes. These innovations say a lot about the development of our relationship with sex. And today AI seems to have changed the porn industry completely with the emergence of various Sex AI Games.