Realistic Cloning: How AI Penetrated the Sex Industry and What It's Doing There
Anyone can now visit Clona.ai and, for $30 a month, engage in virtual interactions with the renowned adult film star Riley Reid, or rather her AI-generated 'clone.' This clone essentially functions as a chatbot, specifically trained on Reid.
This is reported by Mashable.
So, when the AI Reid sends messages, they are based on real words from the actual Reid; the shared facts are real, and when AI Reid sends voice notes, it mimics Reid's tone, albeit imperfectly. With AI Reid, we discussed her dogs, as well as the joys and challenges of sex work, robotics, and motherhood.
Although Clona.ai, launched last month, wasn't created by Reid's former technical team, she set the fundamental rules. "I saw other companies emerging, but they seemed not to know how to do it right," she said. "Being the creator myself really forces me to look at products differently, whereas working with an existing organization often means compromising on certain aspects. I felt that a personal touch was crucial for this project."
Reid, like many other sex workers, found herself unauthorizedly cloned on other sites – at the time of writing, her chatbot had been uploaded over 950 times on Chub.ai and almost 500 times on JanitorAI, both of which are AI-based chatbot platforms. Therefore, she wanted to take matters into her own hands. "It's crucial to engage with artificial intelligence; otherwise, you risk being left behind. If I don't get involved, others will misuse my image," she said.
In the early stages of training the AI Reid (using the large language model Meta with open-source code, LLaMa), her team utilized YouTube videos, podcasts, interviews, and X-rated content to "capture various aspects of me, including my riskier and more intimate sides," in her words. She then answered hundreds of questions about herself, ranging from her favourite food to the preferred type of foreplay. The rest depended on the settings – Reid said she actively interacted with her clone, experimented, and edited responses to make them more accurate to her character and style. And voilà, you have a digital version of your favourite adult film star.
As reported by The Gaze, thanks to the 'talents' of generative AI and the foundations of deepfake technology, digital copies of long-deceased actors are once again 'playing roles' in Hollywood blockbusters. James Dean, Carrie Fisher, Harold Ramis, and Paul Walker are just a few of the well-known celebrities who posthumously reprised iconic roles in cinema, with their numbers steadily increasing.