Slate Daily Feed ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Nov 22, 2025
Join porn historian Noelle Perdue, who has a rich background in adult production and now analyzes the intersection of technology and sexuality. She discusses OpenAI's controversial policy shift on erotic chatbots and how AI is transforming porn production. Noelle raises concerns about AI's role in fostering isolation and unrealistic beauty standards. She also explores the impact of generative porn on human connection, arguing that the rise of AI porn might fail as people yearn for authentic relationships and content.
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Chatroulette Childhood Memory
- Noelle Perdue's first clear internet memory was using Chatroulette and encountering explicit strangers.
- She recalls getting in trouble with family after moving a stranger chat to AIM and being discovered.
Porn Shapes Tech Adoption
- Noelle links her computer science background to work in adult production and analysis of tech trends.
- She argues pornography often drives which technologies and cultures take off behind the scenes.
Accidental 'Porn For Bots' Experiment
- In 2020 Noelle experimented with generative models trained on vintage porn stills and produced abstract, lava-lamp like images.
- Those images surprisingly triggered Google's nudity filters despite not resembling real nudity.