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Side note: I wish the "killer app" for deepfakes hadn't been porn. The technology was impressive, but having such a scuzzy popular usecase made sharing it with others kind of fraught.



Porn was the killer app for online video streaming and secure online payments too, though. The Internet owes a lot to porn.


Sexual gratification is one of our most primal urges. Makes sense that it would be a driving factor in this, despite the strong taboo in some cultures.


what would the other use be? Manipulation of new and media?


TV/Cartoon mashups, AR 'stickers', plenty of silly entertainment possibities.




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