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The majority of Americans view artificial intelligence and tools like ChatGPT as a threat to the future of humanity, according to a recent poll. AI is also being used by some to harass women online.
Straight Arrow News contributor Adrienne Lawrence says one TikTok user’s harrowing story about deepfake nude images should serve as a warning about how dangerous AI technology can be in the wrong hands.
Just as with social media and online usage now, women bear the brunt of sex-based shade. According to Pew Research Center, women are at least three times more likely than men to report being sexually harassed online. That’s an experience that one third of women under the age of 35 say that they have endured. With the growing prevalence of AI, we should not be shocked to hear that people are using the technology to generate convincingly fake nudes of women in their social or social media circles. It was really only a matter of time.
Back in 2019, the app Deep Nude would generate deep fakes of nude people, but they weren’t necessarily photorealistic. Today’s AI is a whole different world. It’s making it so much more difficult to spot a fake. We recently saw this firsthand. We saw how convincing AI-generated photos can be when millions of people worldwide were duped by a viral image of the Pope in a puffer jacket. If most folks can’t figure out that an 86-year-old Pope Francis wouldn’t have that much drip, I don’t think they’re going to be able to accurately assess whether the purported nude of Savannah in the sales department is legit.
The technology has gotten better, and the bad guys have still been pretty bad. Creating deep fake nudes of former or aspiring lovers, rivals or strangers–that can have a lasting impact on someone’s life. It’s shame-inducing, particularly when you didn’t consent.
