The AI revolution has been making waves in the adult-entertainment industry for a minute now, but AI-generated images are gearing up to compete with very real content creators—and their very real bills. AI-powered adults-only platforms like OhChat are already raking in millions with digital doubles of Carmen Electra and other celebrity hotties, but is this really innovation, or is it exploitation?
OhChat, founded by Nic Young and Felix Henderson, bills itself as an “ethical” alternative to OnlyFans. Hard to exploit women when none of them are real, right?
Wrong.
These digital models may be cashing in, but they’re doing so by siphoning income away from actual models on platforms like OnlyFans. OhChat is currently valued at £16 million and has amassed 75,000 eager users in just a few weeks, all ready to put their AI porn bots to the test. Why pay full price for an OnlyFans model’s attention when you can chat with her off-brand AI knockoff, which will do whatever you tell it to without charging extra for its computer-generated butthole?
But here’s the other skeevy side of AI-generated porn: the images are based on real people and are often created without their consent. OnlyFans stars like Sophie Rain have spoken out about being imitated by people trying to cash in on their image, and not one of them finds it flattering. The consensus? It’s creepy as hell to have your likeness used without your knowledge or permission.
Where OnlyFans models once worried about lookalikes swiping images of their faces for fake profiles, they now have to compete with AI that can generate their image and voice in a systemized fashion, thanks to platforms like OhChat.
Is it legal to use the likenesses of popular OnlyFans models if the image is AI-generated? Eh, maybe. AI is here to stay, but the laws surrounding its use are still being written. Is it ethical? Absolutely not. Even if the concern isn’t about swiping money from hardworking creators, using someone’s likeness without permission is far beyond “morally grey” territory.
Whatever your stance on sex work, the industry has existed for millennia, and society keeps finding new ways to avoid paying the people—women and men—who meet a demand they didn’t create. Big Brother isn’t just watching you anymore; he’s making his AI girlfriend study you so she can steal your gig.
OhChat can call itself “ethical” all it wants, but generating fake content from real faces without compensating those faces is sketchy AF. AI-generated models might seem like a harmless way to have fun, but they come at a very real cost to women’s livelihoods and privacy. If you’re paying a chatbot that can’t consent—because it’s a computer—it might be time to rethink your fantasy. Support real creators, and while you’re at it, advocate for stricter consent and privacy laws.
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