THE FUTURE OF PORN IS CONSENSUAL DEEPFAKES
Reason magazine|June 2024
THE CASE FOR CONSENSUAL CONCEPT CAPTURE
JESSICA STOYA
THE FUTURE OF PORN IS CONSENSUAL DEEPFAKES

AT THE CORE of every story we want to tell is a person,” says Lee Gentry, founder of Nightvisions, a firm that provides custom AI content to adult entertainers and agencies that run OnlyFans accounts. “We’ve been focusing very, very carefully on persisting the human form and getting that as accurate as possible.”

Throughout recorded history, human beings have used emerging technologies to depict both sexual interactions and nude bodies usually women. Shortly after the invention of movies, stag films were produced and traded in an underground market. Later, films with fleshed-out storylines would be shown 

in theaters, including the notorious porno-chic picture Deep Throat. VHS was quickly adopted by lower-budget adult film producers. DVD and widespread internet access further lowered barriers to both distribution and consumption of sexual content.

Historically, most of these films were made by men, for men—women directors and producers such as Ann Perry and Candida Royalle were outliers. But more recently, women have been able to take control of the distribution of their own images. Most of the erotic images and videos made today are made by the subjects themselves and distributed directly to consumers via clip sites and fan sites such as OnlyFans.

As you read this, adult performers are racing to stay ahead of the emerging technology—which includes Sora, a model with the ability to generate minute-long videos—by creating their own chatbots and on-demand image services.

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