Will AI Girlfriend Experiences Become A New Influencer Trend?
AI controversy makes its way to the sex work industry.
As AI continues to trend, we’ve watched people from all walks of life question how the innovation would effect their lives. In the case of sex work, it appears AI has found a home.
The girlfriend experience refers to a pay for hire experience where one, usually a cis male, compensates a woman to cosplay as his girlfriend. It’s currently trending and can take many forms from your favorite OnlyFans creator who allows you to wine and dine and maybe even text her, to audio ethical porn categories that deliver detailed audio stories.
During and after the pandemic, this became more alluring to the general public as many were touch deprived at the time.
So what does this mean for the future of sex workers who tap the girlfriend experience? To the surprise of many, this is one style of sex work that AI can’t truly replace. For example, you can create a robot that conforms to the identity of a girlfriend, such as Replika, the “AI companion who cares,” and it can be the perfect match for some. However, its inability to connect as deeply as humans not only frustrated its customers, but also led to harmful effects.
But similar to Replika’s AI girlfriends, they miss a certain allure: reality. People engage with sex workers for that human, intimate and vulnerable element that AI just can’t do on its own. Don’t believe us? Ask ChatGPT to tell you its favorite thing about you.
The current wave of AI girlfriends presents a new allure: AI girlfriends powered by actual people. For example, OnlyFans creators and influencers like Caryn Marjorie who “trained a voice chatbot on thousands of hours of her videos,” Justine Moore wrote. In just one week of presenting the finished product and experience, she made $72,000 USD.
For more on AI, sex and dating, this woman used AI to unpack her sexuality.
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