How Porn Stars Are Fighting Back Against AI
In early November 2023, the Exxxotica Convention took over the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, New Jersey. It’s an opportunity for porn performers like Blake Blossom to interact with her fans in person—a much more intimate way than from behind a computer screen.
Blossom, surrounded mostly by male fans fawning over her, told The Daily Beast that these conventions are increasingly more important as an avenue to engage with fans in an authentic way. The reason: the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence.
The AI boom is creating a minefield for adult performers. Do they embrace it or fight it? Monitor for deepfakes and react when bad actors make content without consent or compensation or accept it as part of the new reality?