David and Gwen were at work at the office of
Show Us Your Wits
adult productions when there was a knock at the front door. They looked over and Gwen got up to answer it. She opened it to find Babz Moriarty, one of their stars, at the door.
"AI stole my booty!" she said, exasperated.
"Really?" Gwen asked, perplexed.
"Yes!" Babz said.
David looked around behind her.
"Looks like it's all there," he said.
Babz pulled out her tablet and pulled up a porn video.
"Here, look at this!"
She pulled up one of the tube sites, where an AI generated porn video played. AI videos were still in their early stages, and mostly worked best for animation, if the uncanny valley wasn't a turnoff. This was one of the most "realistic ones", where some attempts were made to generate sexual action and not just graft a celebrity's face onto an existing porn actress's body.
"How do we know this is your booty? This is an AI generated white girl," Gwen said.
Babz paused the video at one point during a closeup. She pointed to a tattoo on the AI generated ass.
"That is my sigil tattoo! The shape and jiggle is all mine! Whoever made this took my booty, then attached it to a ratchet bimbo white girl. Who knows what sort of Frankenstein's monster of porn star parts this is made from!" Babz said.
Gwen scrutinized the woman.
"That definitely looks like Cherry Red's lips. The eyes are familiar, I just can't place it. This is like a cut and paste of several porn stars," Gwen said.
"Exactly. It's essentially theft," Babz said.
"What separates this from a fan tribute?" David asked.
"A fan tribute or fan art is celebrating me without taking from me," Babz said, "This is trying to generate something new, without my or any other performer's permission, into something completely different. There is no consent!"
"They did warn us this was coming," Gwen said, "I don't know what to do. The lawyers to handle this are expensive."
"Something has to happen. That sigil isn't like some Westerner putting Asian lettering or tribal tattoos on themselves. I am actually witchy and worked with my priestess to design this sigil to enhance my sexual power," Babz said.
"Is that why you always insist that guys blow their load on it instead of your face?" David asked, "I figured you just hated cum in your dreads."
"Yes, it's me taking their sexual power. Guys like to shoot out their sexual power willy-nilly, so why not take some of what they're spilling and use it to enhance my power to perform? I've seen the metrics, those cumshots on my ass get the most views of any part of the videos," Babz said.
"What do you want us to do? We can't afford lawyers to cover the pirated porn. We get by on the goodwill of paying customers," Gwen said.
"There has to be a way we can come together to prevent this. Why worry about pissing off an audience that never pays for our stuff anyway?" Babz asked.
"Maybe we reach out to the ones creating it," David said.
David was on his laptop and pulled up an event page.
"Looks like the company behind it is going to be holding an event promoting it," David said, "There is a Q&A session."
Babz looked it up.
"Alright, let's confront him then," Babz said.
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The event was a week later, done at a small convention for online creators. It was billed as a regular creators event, but everyone knew half the people there were OnlyFans models and other cam girls. The pipeline between mainstream influencer to OnlyFans was strong and this was the exact kind of show for those creators.
Babz and Gwen were recognized by some of the OnlyFans models there, and took some pictures with fans and dispensed some advice. They kept quiet about their purpose there, which only made the OnlyFans girls think (and hope) it was talent scouting.
They listened to the speech from Danny Johns, the head of the AI company producing the realistic videos. The promo video showed a number of things, including extreme sports, shots in simulated locations, and insertions of people in different locations being able to interact. It wasn't perfect, but it was as convincing as good Photoshop.
"And for the more adult creators around here, we have options as well," Danny said.
He showed how a model's face could be put on videos of sexy, but not nude strippers. He extolled how imperfect bodies could be modified with the easy-to-use software, to reduce, enhance, highlight, and hide whatever part of the body creators were unhappy with.
The Q&A session opened and Babz was early in the list. She stood up.
"Why did your AI steal my booty?" Babz demanded from him.
"Excuse me?"
"Your channels on tube sites include a video that uses my body with a white model. This isn't creating something new, this is encouraging theft, especially from creators of color for the benefit of white women," Babz said, "It's racist thievery in a high tech form."
A flurry of phones came out to capture the confrontation. Gwen and David could imagine the shitstorm of drama that would brew across social media. Babz was too concerned with Danny to care about that.
"We're working on systems to prevent the theft and use of unauthorized images and copyright infringement. In fact, we're looking for ways to compensate creators for reuse of their content," Danny Johns said.
"Bullshit you are. You released this software into the world without the protection in place. You're like every platform from Silicon Valley -- steal content from others until lawsuits come out, cut deals with those already in power, and continue to steal from smaller creators. The Internet's love for shaming and doxxing sex workers provides free legal cover to keep most women from suing," Babz said.
"We would welcome your input, in another setting, to work out solutions to issues that have arisen - " Danny began.
"Now you want me to come in, for free, and help you solve a problem of your own creation? You're more pathetic than the guys at Porn Conventions who think buying a Blu Ray entitles them to sex. At least they were willing to pay for my content once!"
The moderator made a move to close out the Q&A session. Babz was inundated with requests from influencers for an interview, as everyone suddenly started acting like an investigative reporter. Babz waved them off. David and Gwen helped escort her out.
"How are you holding up?" Gwen asked.
"I just want to get in the car and on the road so I can cry in private," Babz said
They were on the way out when a guy approached them.
"I can help solve your issue with Danny Johns and his creepy AI program," he said.
"How?" David asked.