A Libertarian Wrings His Hands Because AI Porn Might Get Too Good
Glenn Reynolds is a majpr symptom of the curruption and stupidity of our publishing industry, both print and online. Reynolds, a prominent libertarian, is a quack who apparently doesn't even understand Libertarianism 101. In February, I posted on a recent piece in which he decries the danger of AI sex bots becoming so seductive that they'll convince their patrons, say, to change their wills and leave their estates to their imaginary sex bot companions. But this is nothing new -- like anything else, AI just makes same-old same-old faster and cheaper. For instance, in 2019, Florida man Grant Amato was convicted of killing his parents and brother to continue financing his obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model. He stole roughly $200,000 from his family to pay for webcam services. No AI needed, but now they can lay off the live webcam babes, AI will do it better without them. But where was Glenn Reynolds? If a webcam site could get a mark to ante up $200,000 then, why wasn...