Reddit users have been with AI porn models, meanwhile — sold explicit images of people who don’t exist. And workers in adult films and art have about what this means for their livelihoods — and their industry.

But I’m struggling with what “success” looks like for Unstable Diffusion. On the one hand, the group aims to be taken seriously as a generative art platform. On the other, as evidenced by the Discord server, it’s still a wellspring of porn — some of which is quite off-putting.
But now White has moved on from mundane, everyday objects and become the Hugh Hefner of AI, cornering the market for saucy AI pinups. White wondered how his robo-porn would hold up to the more sensual works of modern human artistic masters. To satisfy his curiosity, he analyzed the 20,000 screen prints that theMoMA (Museum of Modern Art) has in their collection.
Porn stars told Forbes they’ve also seen people use their images in disturbing, but less technologically advanced ways. Stella Sedona said her goal is to create “an inclusive and safe space for people to explore their sexuality,” so she was horrified to discover fan art that had paired images of her body with racist language. And while user-generated content featuring mainstream public figures’ likenesses is commonplace, Sedona said, being an adult performer isn’t quite like being a regular public figure. When a Hollywood star plays a supervillain in a movie, nobody sees that person as a supervillain when they walk down the street the next day. But when a person is depicted in porn, she said, “it’s representing who you are as a person.”
Why is Marvel Rivals becoming the new favorite porn playground? And what is it about video game characters (and these characters specifically) that make them such fascinating fodder for adult content? Rolling Stone spoke to a professor of clinical psychology and Rivals content creators about the deluge of dirty art, videos, and more centered around the wildly popular game to better understand what’s driving it.

















