Modern tehcnology allows the creation of fake videos: there could be pictures of any of us out there, expertly morphed onto pornographic scenes, although it's much more likely if you're an attractive young woman. This film explores the impact such activity had on a number of such women targetted by a supposed friend. It's a shocking story, but I think it misses the greater point, which is not about AI at all but more about social media in general. Once a jilted teenager might write something offensive on a toilet wall about a girl who had spurned him; today there are large internet forums where people share so-called deepfakes. The actions of the perpetrators are truly terrible, but I can't help but think that the desire that somehow we should find a way of making the world of the web safe for all is a little naive. The power of social media is that it transcends the boundaries of normal human interaction; but its precisely the constraints of such interactions which can turn a mob into a community. AI gives harrassers a new and scary tool to play with; but as long as we seek our validation online, we will put ourselves at their mercy.
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