Thursday, March 2, 2023

Midjourney's Attempt to Block Porn

One of the most persistent problems in AI imaging is its use creating highly realistic porn.  The advantage it offers to pornographers in obvious - they can have as many actors as they choose at no cost to themselves performing acts that are only limited by the imagination.

Now Midjourney, known for creating the most lifelike representations of human figures, is taking steps, however tentative, to correct the problem.  According to a report in the MIT Technology Review,  Midjourney is now banning all words related to the human reproductive system even though many of these words - such as cervix, placenta, and urethra - are not likely to be included in the vocabulary of most pornographers.  According to David Holz, Midjourney's founder, the ban is a "stopgap measure to prevent people from generating shocking or gory content while the company 'improves things on the AI side.'"  How successful this attempt will prove remains to be seen.

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