@ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agoAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechtakes@awful.systems
arrow-up1470arrow-down1external-linkAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.com@ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square110fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechtakes@awful.systems
minus-square@cygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink93•8 months agoSo… this AI company gets gaming teens to “donate” their computing power, rather than pay for render farms / GPU clouds? And then oblivious parents pay the power bills, effectively covering the computing costs of the AI porn company? Sounds completely ethical to me /s.
minus-square@fidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•8 months agoNo no, they’re getting copies of digital images out of it. It’s a totally fair trade!
So… this AI company gets gaming teens to “donate” their computing power, rather than pay for render farms / GPU clouds?
And then oblivious parents pay the power bills, effectively covering the computing costs of the AI porn company?
Sounds completely ethical to me /s.
No no, they’re getting copies of digital images out of it. It’s a totally fair trade!