Many people have never heard of "deepfakes". But Scarlett Johansson is not among them. She is one of the highest paid actresses in the world and has seen highly realistic versions of her face affixed to the bodies of other women in pornographic scenes through artificial intelligence. She told the Washington Post that she really worries about women not having access to these fake images at a time when such forgery is exploding.
A young woman receives a text from a friend saying, "When did you start posing for porn sites?" Distraught, the woman goes to the site her friend referred to and sees her head in a body that is not her own, engaging in sexual behavior with several men.
Airbrushing and Photoshop have made photo editing easier over time, but recently, the same ease is being created in video editing. These live videos called "deepfakes" have quickly proliferated online, blurring the line between truth and lies.
Videos have also increased disproportionately against women, representing a new and degrading means of humiliation, harassment and abuse. The fakes are explicitly detailed, posted on popular porn sites, and increasingly challenging to detect.
Technology is growing by leaps and bounds. This development process is so fast that in the USA (and of course not even in Albania), there is no law against it.
Today, there are few legal options for victims of non-consensual and counterfeit pornography.
Artificial intelligence was meant to create a better future for everyone by giving us so many tools to think faster and build better. Porn was not on the menu in those early, optimistic times. Of course it is now, and women are its victims.
Source: Psychology Today
