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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 30 points 9 months ago

VHS was chosen over Betamax because of porn.

Bluray was chosen over HD-DVD because of porn.

Streaming video got figured out because of porn.

Porn drives technology forward.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

🎶 The internet is for porn

🎵 The internet is for porn

🎶 So grab your dick and double-click

🎵 PORN PORN PORN

[-] ilikecoffee@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Risky click of the day (kinda)..

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago

Hmm... could a substantial percentage of the population develop a fetish for curing cancer during our lifetime? That would be awesome.

[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

We usually call them scientists or researchers, but yes...

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 8 months ago

i've heard the first one but not the second two. you wouldn't by any chance have sources for those would you?

[-] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Can't track it down now but I remember reading that the adoption of the printing press happened so quickly because demand for a certain collection of erotic stories was super high and it made printing ridiculously profitable. Porn again.

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

My recollection is that porn companies initially backed HD-DVD. I distinctly remember thinking it would win for that reason.

Blu-ray won at least partially because the PS3 was the cheapest next-gen optical player, while Xbox360 didn't support HD-DVD without an expensive add-on. (And stand-alone players for either were very expensive.)

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

I will never cease being amazed that the only reason Blender (and other 3D rendering stuff) got as good as they did on average PCs is because so many people found Overwatch characters hot and wanted porn of them.

I will also never cease being grateful that they did so in order to let me enjoy some awful stuff of Chris Redfield and Mr. X.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Any good blender tutorials specifically covering such topics?

[-] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago
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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 17 points 9 months ago

That's a very naive view on the capability of AI. AI is very good at recognizing and recreating patterns. It can help to detect cancer but cure it not so much

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

Don't we also use AI to fold proteins and make new medicines such as antibiotics? If not, then we should probably see if we could.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

True. I have heard of AI protein folding and that's used as a tool for understanding metabolism and making new medicine. Antibiotics not such much I think but I would happily stand corrected.

My point is, it's not the one solution that fixes everything but a tool that's already applied where it can be. I'm not even sure that's a point at all since OP's post is obviously a hyperbole and more about "we use this very potent technology for porn". Don't take my first comment as a disagreement but rather as a FYI or whatever.

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

It also conveniently ignores that different people can do different things. While one person is using it for porn another is cataloging genetic sequences AI creates from non-carbon organisms.

It can always be both!

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Citation needed for non carbon organisms but otherwise yes

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately I was just joking.

But also, can you really source a guy in his basement doing genetic sequencing? Not... Not really...

[-] anonymoose@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's a very pessimistic view on the capability of AI. It is already assisting in creating vaccines and other medicine. It can certainly help find the cure for cancer.

Edit: I saw this right after commenting

https://lemmy.world/post/9798191

[-] CJOtheReal@ani.social 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Everything is used for porn but that doesn't mean everything else is impossible because of that...

[-] HopingForBetter@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

¿Porque no los dos?

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[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If it's good enough for porn, it's good enough for curing diseases 👍... but first 🍆 😁.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe it will drive privacy forward... (Likely not)

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago
[-] LwL@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Image AI is being used to generate tons of porn.

Human horniness can be a great driver for innovation, really.

[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Creating new porn images by teaching an AI/learning model what existing ones look like, or swapping faces on video as an example.

[-] dog_@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago

AI is not the future.

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