So, basically, what happened is some absolute creeps used AI to create fake, explicit images of Taylor Swift. Like, *super* realistic ones. And then they plastered them all over the internet, especially on places like 4chan and X (aka Twitter – remember when it was cool?).
The thing that gets me is how quickly it spread. One picture on X got, like, *47 million views*?! That’s insane! It’s not just that it’s gross and invasive (which it totally is), but it also highlights how easily this kind of stuff can go viral. Like, who’s responsible for stopping this crap? X? 4chan? The internet police (do they even exist?)?
And let’s be real, it’s not just about Taylor Swift, though she’s obviously a HUGE name so it gets more attention. This is happening to regular people too! Imagine having your face plastered on some fake porn video. Nightmare fuel.
I saw something about how you can spot a deepfake sometimes – patchy skin tone, weird blinking, disorganized facial movements… but honestly, who’s gonna be analyzing someone’s skin tone while they’re, you know, doing *that*? Probably nobody. Which makes it even harder to stop.
It’s also ironic, right? I mean, Taylor Swift’s lyric “look what you made me do” is practically screaming to be used in this context. And it’s not like she *did* anything. She’s just, you know, existing and being famous, and then bam! Deepfake porn.
I don’t know, man. The whole thing makes me want to throw my phone in the ocean. Like, is this the future? Are we all just going to be walking around, wondering if our faces are being used in some gross deepfake somewhere?
I read something about people calling for it to be criminalized. And honestly, yeah, duh. It *should* be illegal. But even if it is, how do you even enforce that? The internet is a wild west.
It just feels like we’re constantly playing catch-up with technology. We invent something amazing, and then some jerks use it to do something awful. Like, can’t we just have nice things?
So, yeah, “deep fake taylor swift watch”… don’t do it. Seriously. It’s gross, it’s wrong, and it just encourages these creeps. And more importantly, it’s contributing to a problem that’s way bigger than just one celebrity. It’s about all of us and our right to control our own image.
