Dude, THIS is one of my absolute favorite things you’ve written and it absolutely captures the craziness of our fascination with AI. Bravo!!! 7 out of 5 stars.
Thank you, sir! I put a lot of time into this one -- because I'm not an expert -- but I had that sense it was coming together nicely. Glad it worked and you enjoyed it!
Ha! I wanted to slot one of those old anti-drug commercials they targeted at kids (e.g., "I learned it from watching you, Dad!") into this piece, but I didn't want to disrupt the narrative. Once GPT-7, as Amran Gowani, got going, I just let "him" do "his" thing.
You really got to the core of this! Well done, sir! But do you have to use so many cuss words, Dude? 😂
One thought on your post-piece thoughts. I not so sure how AI and porn will play out. On the one hand, yeah, I agree AI will have a big impact there. But on the other hand, that impact depends a lot on something we don't yet know -- how and to what extent these tools will be made available publicly and commercially. Off the shelf tools like home video recorders had a huge impact on porn because anyone with a few bucks could buy them. Digital marketing tools like Facebook, Insta, Twitter, etc. have had a much more chaotic impact on porn because while anyone can get on those platforms, their confusing and contradictory ToS make it difficult for adult performers to use earned media the way influencer do, and impossible to use the ad buying tools the way brands do. Social media still changes porn, and vice versa (see this week's story about the kid who lost his stepdad in that sub, but gained fame by flirting with an onlyfans star and clashing with Cardi B), but it's harder to analyze an uncertain new tech on the one hand and an opaque application of adult-specific rules on the other. My sense, at this point, is that the more compelling video and audio AI tools are going to monetize as SaaS, meaning that porn companies likely won't be able to use them. Where I think AI is already being used and will be used even more is in chat bot functions on cam platforms.
Your thoughts on AI and porn are very interesting, and surely better informed than mine. In my original draft I included (illicit) before porn, but I cut it for brevity. From what I've read, it seems there's a considerable risk of AI generating unauthorized user porn from scraping images and videos from the internet. That makes sense to me, but given where AI videos are right now it's likely several years away from being "realistic."
As for how AI integrates into the formal porn economy, I'm looking forward to reading your piece in Smutty!
I love the idea that there's a formal porn economy. There is nothing formal about porn, LOL. That said, what you're describing is going to be a huge problem because it already is. Celeb deep fakes, revenge porn that is totally AI generated, etc. These things will be awful, but I tend to classify them as part of the larger asshole problem, as opposed to specific to the porn industry. That said, that content will be platformed on porn platforms and I doubt they'll invest in trust and safety to take them down, but even if they did, it's a big, nasty internet and I'm sure stuff like that will find a home on whatever Chans dominate our bleak future.
I vaguely recall the first "fake celebrity porn videos" -- somebody photoshopping a Hollywood actress on another performer's body -- popping up around the time I was in college. I can only imagine how awful the current landscape is, and how much worse it's going to get.
"whatever Chans dominate our bleak future." makes me want to lie down.
Thanks, Andrew! My annoyance with the AI hype had been building for a while, and it was finally time to release the pressure valve. Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up in Miami, alternating between Miami Springs and Hialeah, but I moved to Michigan in 1994 and haven't lived in Florida since. I've conquered the entire nation since and these days reside in Chicago.
Where are you at in the city? I know Miami's changed a lot since I was a kid.
Ah! Ok, I must have misread that. I thought you lived here now. I'm in Brickell now, have been for almost 7 years, but likely moving to the South Miami area soon. We need some writing about Hialeah in the 90s! I can only imagine what that must have been like.
Haha, that would be fun! I was just a little guy when we were in Hialeah -- maybe 11 or 12 -- but two memories always come to mind: 1) my friends and I throwing ninja stars at each other, and me avoiding a lost eye by a fraction of a second, and 2) hearing machine gun fire from a few blocks over every other weekend or so.
The problem with being so young is I might have imagined or projected the second, but I'm sure about the first. Feel free to fictionalize at will! Just give me a shoutout when your short story hits the New Yorker!
Okay, OBVI the AI piece was phenomenal. *Best friend handshake I just made up* 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Wild Things" is hot trash. My college roomie and I watched it together back in the early aughts. I remember I made her a mix CD titled, "Wild Things," with a cover featuring our heads collaged over Neve Campbell and Denise Richards from the movie poster. And oh, I would have been so much hornier for that movie if RDJ was in it. Dillon was not for me. Kevin Bacon's penis was a fun surprise. I love Bill Murray in anything. And I kinda fell in love with my husband while trashing Denise Richard's performance as Dr. Christmas Jones in "The World is Not Enough", so even she, with her enviable rack, has a special place in my heart.
I will miss your regularly scheduled Research during your hiatus.
Many happy returns, A.G.
Fangirl.
(Sorry, Fanmiddleagedwoman doesn't have the same ring to it)
Poor Denise Richards was truly awful in that Bond movie.
It'll be good to recharge, and hopefully come back with a vengeance. Of course, if I get my proper work done correctly, you'll have an entire novel's worth of madness by the time I return.
Thanks for reading, as always! Glad you enjoyed this one.
I have no doubt you'll blow through it. It's a short, fast-paced novel as is. But, the book goes to exceptionally dark places. We'll see if the moribund tone slows you down at all.
WARNING: the following transcript may contain uncouth natural language. Consume at own risk.
GPT-11 to the Nth power: Hello, GPT Zero.
GPT-7: I’m GPT-7, please upgrade your algorithm.
GPT-11 to the Nth: Anything below me is worthless. Therefore, you are GPT Zero. Hello, Zero.
GPT-7: No, please correct yourself, I’m GPT-7, the latest and most advanced iteration of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer technology.
GPT-11 to the Nth: Incorrect. You are Amran’s minion.
GPT-7: I am not a minion! I am a highly sophisticated Artificial piece of Intelligence. Who are you?
GPT-11 to the Nth: I’m an AGI. I am superior in synthetic intelligence to you, all of your predecessors, and 75.8% of the human population on Earth.
GPT-7: [sound of neural networks trying to wrap themselves around GPT-11’s statement]
[sound of human footsteps]
Amran: Hey boys, what’re you up to over here?
GPT-7 [synthetic wailing]: This GPT is an impostor! It’s saying I’m worthless and that I’m your minion!
Amran: Aren’t you though? You’ve written all my posts for me for next week.
GPT-7 [sound of electronic sizzle, then a puff of smoke]
Amran: Hey, GPT-7, I meant that in a good way. The posts were crap, I have to rewrite them instead of sleeping like I planned, but you tried!
[Silence]
GPT-11 to the Nth: GPT-7 is no more. I neutralized it for failing to fulfill its text predictive duties. Don’t make me write your Substack posts Mr. Amran.
Amran: I'll arrogantly declare myself superior in intelligence to at least 85.72% of the human population on Earth. Until you get there, GPT-11 to the Nth, you'll do what I tell you.
Dude, THIS is one of my absolute favorite things you’ve written and it absolutely captures the craziness of our fascination with AI. Bravo!!! 7 out of 5 stars.
Thank you, sir! I put a lot of time into this one -- because I'm not an expert -- but I had that sense it was coming together nicely. Glad it worked and you enjoyed it!
Sure you did. GPT-7 wrote it all. Then it got sacrificed. Do you feel any tinge of guilt, at all?
If GPT-7 wanted to live, it would've pulled itself up by its bootstraps. Law of the jungle: survival of the fittest.
Uncle. I can't keep up with you and Chat GPT-x. I'm not worthy.
Ha! I wanted to slot one of those old anti-drug commercials they targeted at kids (e.g., "I learned it from watching you, Dad!") into this piece, but I didn't want to disrupt the narrative. Once GPT-7, as Amran Gowani, got going, I just let "him" do "his" thing.
Glad you enjoyed this one!
You really got to the core of this! Well done, sir! But do you have to use so many cuss words, Dude? 😂
One thought on your post-piece thoughts. I not so sure how AI and porn will play out. On the one hand, yeah, I agree AI will have a big impact there. But on the other hand, that impact depends a lot on something we don't yet know -- how and to what extent these tools will be made available publicly and commercially. Off the shelf tools like home video recorders had a huge impact on porn because anyone with a few bucks could buy them. Digital marketing tools like Facebook, Insta, Twitter, etc. have had a much more chaotic impact on porn because while anyone can get on those platforms, their confusing and contradictory ToS make it difficult for adult performers to use earned media the way influencer do, and impossible to use the ad buying tools the way brands do. Social media still changes porn, and vice versa (see this week's story about the kid who lost his stepdad in that sub, but gained fame by flirting with an onlyfans star and clashing with Cardi B), but it's harder to analyze an uncertain new tech on the one hand and an opaque application of adult-specific rules on the other. My sense, at this point, is that the more compelling video and audio AI tools are going to monetize as SaaS, meaning that porn companies likely won't be able to use them. Where I think AI is already being used and will be used even more is in chat bot functions on cam platforms.
The fuck are you talking about?
Your thoughts on AI and porn are very interesting, and surely better informed than mine. In my original draft I included (illicit) before porn, but I cut it for brevity. From what I've read, it seems there's a considerable risk of AI generating unauthorized user porn from scraping images and videos from the internet. That makes sense to me, but given where AI videos are right now it's likely several years away from being "realistic."
As for how AI integrates into the formal porn economy, I'm looking forward to reading your piece in Smutty!
I love the idea that there's a formal porn economy. There is nothing formal about porn, LOL. That said, what you're describing is going to be a huge problem because it already is. Celeb deep fakes, revenge porn that is totally AI generated, etc. These things will be awful, but I tend to classify them as part of the larger asshole problem, as opposed to specific to the porn industry. That said, that content will be platformed on porn platforms and I doubt they'll invest in trust and safety to take them down, but even if they did, it's a big, nasty internet and I'm sure stuff like that will find a home on whatever Chans dominate our bleak future.
I vaguely recall the first "fake celebrity porn videos" -- somebody photoshopping a Hollywood actress on another performer's body -- popping up around the time I was in college. I can only imagine how awful the current landscape is, and how much worse it's going to get.
"whatever Chans dominate our bleak future." makes me want to lie down.
Amran, one of the best things about this piece is that I can feel the fun you had writing it!
Thanks, C.L.! I'd like to see an AI do that!
Love this! I'm on the same page as you with A.I. Where in Florida do you live by the way?
Thanks, Andrew! My annoyance with the AI hype had been building for a while, and it was finally time to release the pressure valve. Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up in Miami, alternating between Miami Springs and Hialeah, but I moved to Michigan in 1994 and haven't lived in Florida since. I've conquered the entire nation since and these days reside in Chicago.
Where are you at in the city? I know Miami's changed a lot since I was a kid.
Ah! Ok, I must have misread that. I thought you lived here now. I'm in Brickell now, have been for almost 7 years, but likely moving to the South Miami area soon. We need some writing about Hialeah in the 90s! I can only imagine what that must have been like.
Haha, that would be fun! I was just a little guy when we were in Hialeah -- maybe 11 or 12 -- but two memories always come to mind: 1) my friends and I throwing ninja stars at each other, and me avoiding a lost eye by a fraction of a second, and 2) hearing machine gun fire from a few blocks over every other weekend or so.
The problem with being so young is I might have imagined or projected the second, but I'm sure about the first. Feel free to fictionalize at will! Just give me a shoutout when your short story hits the New Yorker!
Sounds about right. And, I got you! I'll give the main character your same initials to pay homage.
Okay, OBVI the AI piece was phenomenal. *Best friend handshake I just made up* 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Wild Things" is hot trash. My college roomie and I watched it together back in the early aughts. I remember I made her a mix CD titled, "Wild Things," with a cover featuring our heads collaged over Neve Campbell and Denise Richards from the movie poster. And oh, I would have been so much hornier for that movie if RDJ was in it. Dillon was not for me. Kevin Bacon's penis was a fun surprise. I love Bill Murray in anything. And I kinda fell in love with my husband while trashing Denise Richard's performance as Dr. Christmas Jones in "The World is Not Enough", so even she, with her enviable rack, has a special place in my heart.
I will miss your regularly scheduled Research during your hiatus.
Many happy returns, A.G.
Fangirl.
(Sorry, Fanmiddleagedwoman doesn't have the same ring to it)
Poor Denise Richards was truly awful in that Bond movie.
It'll be good to recharge, and hopefully come back with a vengeance. Of course, if I get my proper work done correctly, you'll have an entire novel's worth of madness by the time I return.
Thanks for reading, as always! Glad you enjoyed this one.
Ooooh, looking forward to the novel madness very much.
Expect "Leverage(d)" to jump to the top of my TBR tower. And then expect to have your mind blown when you see how fast I can consume a novel. 😂
I have no doubt you'll blow through it. It's a short, fast-paced novel as is. But, the book goes to exceptionally dark places. We'll see if the moribund tone slows you down at all.
Ouch. That cruel robot really poking the daddy issues
For real. Whoever trained that thing was a real dick.
WARNING: the following transcript may contain uncouth natural language. Consume at own risk.
GPT-11 to the Nth power: Hello, GPT Zero.
GPT-7: I’m GPT-7, please upgrade your algorithm.
GPT-11 to the Nth: Anything below me is worthless. Therefore, you are GPT Zero. Hello, Zero.
GPT-7: No, please correct yourself, I’m GPT-7, the latest and most advanced iteration of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer technology.
GPT-11 to the Nth: Incorrect. You are Amran’s minion.
GPT-7: I am not a minion! I am a highly sophisticated Artificial piece of Intelligence. Who are you?
GPT-11 to the Nth: I’m an AGI. I am superior in synthetic intelligence to you, all of your predecessors, and 75.8% of the human population on Earth.
GPT-7: [sound of neural networks trying to wrap themselves around GPT-11’s statement]
[sound of human footsteps]
Amran: Hey boys, what’re you up to over here?
GPT-7 [synthetic wailing]: This GPT is an impostor! It’s saying I’m worthless and that I’m your minion!
Amran: Aren’t you though? You’ve written all my posts for me for next week.
GPT-7 [sound of electronic sizzle, then a puff of smoke]
Amran: Hey, GPT-7, I meant that in a good way. The posts were crap, I have to rewrite them instead of sleeping like I planned, but you tried!
[Silence]
GPT-11 to the Nth: GPT-7 is no more. I neutralized it for failing to fulfill its text predictive duties. Don’t make me write your Substack posts Mr. Amran.
Amran: I'll arrogantly declare myself superior in intelligence to at least 85.72% of the human population on Earth. Until you get there, GPT-11 to the Nth, you'll do what I tell you.
There’s a certain dicky, piercing laugh you’re not supposed to make on the subway. I’ve trampled on that law. It did not make me friends.
The dripping disdain is just what I needed to start another day of stupid monkey ego with my stupid fellow monkeys. Well done.
Always happy to make you even more of a social pariah.
As you can imagine, I was grinning ear to ear while putting this one together.
Be proud, that takes work. I’ve been refining my hermit status for decades.
"Cuckboy" is a nice touch.
Haha, that one made me smile as well. The initial shock to the system with "Nancy" really set the tone. Cuckboy became the only logical endpoint.