ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · vor 11 MonatenAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechtakes@awful.systems
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · vor 11 Monatenmessage-square110fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechtakes@awful.systems
minus-squarecygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up92arrow-down2·vor 11 MonatenSo… 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-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·vor 11 MonatenNo 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!