Ask A Genius 1105: Adaptive Kink and Dynamics
Author(s): Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/09/27
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s going on with newer AI platforms for the Bay Area?
Rick Rosner: AI is like the Wild West in some ways, but in other ways, it’s not. Companies like Alphabet and Microsoft are pouring billions of dollars into developing powerful AI like ChatGPT, so that’s not the Wild West—that’s heavy industry. But these smaller, fly-by-night developers are also working on different AI engines. I’d say the AI porn world is more like the Wild West.
When I first started looking into it, there was a site called “The Porn Guy” that had a list of the 24 best AI porn sites. Now that list is up to 100. I checked out a couple of them because I like seeing how fast they change and adapt to different kinks, and, well, I also like looking at naked ladies.
Jacobsen: Is AI porn something like “adaptive kink”?
Rosner: Yeah, in a way. I followed two sites for a while, but one went out of business. It was interesting to see how each site seemed to adapt to the specific kinks of its users. Each site developed its distinct style. One site had more painterly images, still close to photorealistic but with an artistic touch. The other site—which seems more durable—offers about two dozen styles, like hentai, 2D comic book style, or CG animation.
Jacobsen: What about the dominant styles?
Rosner: On the more durable site, there are some dominant themes—especially in terms of, well, dominant boobs. Most of the images feature women with huge, round breasts, the kind a 9th grader would fantasize about.
And the other site that went out of business still had people with big boobs, but the bodies were more regular, and the images were more painterly. I didn’t go through and memorize every difference in style, but after looking at about 100 pictures, you could get a sense of what was typical for that particular site. I found it interesting that just a few dozen users—these “lunatics” generating the images they liked—could teach the engine enough to give the site a distinct, characteristic style. That says how easy it is for a small group of users to influence an AI engine.
We’re told about the massive size of the data sets, the training sets—what do they call it? Large language models? Thousands of people coding, billions of snippets of text, stories, and who knows what else. But on these porn sites, it seems like just a few people are shaping the output.
If you compare that to what we’re told about AI in general, it’s almost laughable. You expect these large AI models to be built on massive, diverse data sets with a ton of oversight. But then you go to a niche site, and just a handful of obsessed users can skew the output toward their specific tastes. It makes you wonder how much influence a small group can have over a learning model. If I knew anything more about AI beyond being a half-assed consumer, I’d have more insight into how that works. But for now, all I can say is that a few lunatics can definitely “pollute” an AI learning set.
Jacobsen: It’s a fascinating dynamic.
Rosner: Yeah. The end.
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, www.rickrosner.org
Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, www.in-sightpublishing.com
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