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Sam Altman has decided that five years is enough of a head start for the porn companies.

If you missed it, last week, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman broke this news on X:

“In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.”

What happens when code learns your desire better than you do—and never says no? We dive into the explosive rise of AI-generated pornography and deepfakes, exposing how ultra-realistic content collides with consent, identity, and the fragile social skills that make intimacy possible. We ground the conversation in research showing that the vast majority of deepfakes are nonconsensual porn, then map out the real human toll: shame, humiliation, and a loss of control that lingers long after a clip goes viral.
From there, we unpack the engine behind the explosion. Generative models don’t just recommend content; they manufacture it to your exact preferences, creating a “perfectly obedient” loop that pushes novelty and extremity. We explore why this personalization can rewire arousal patterns and make real relationships feel slow or difficult by comparison. We also examine the darkest frontier—AI-generated CSAM—where the “it’s just synthetic” defense collapses both ethically and legally, and platforms face a reckoning for safety failures at scale.
We trace the adult industry’s head start with AI and the market pressure pushing mainstream companies to relax erotica policies. Alongside that, we highlight emerging solutions: hard-coded ethics that refuse nonconsensual or abusive roleplay, provenance and face-rights controls, and friction around sensitive prompts. Finally, we walk through proposed laws focused on speed and accountability—fast takedowns, civil penalties for creators, and state-level rights to sue—while asking the bigger question: if instant, customized fantasy becomes the baseline, what happens to consent, negotiation, and care in real life?
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