The Inevitability of Adult AI: An elephant in the server room.

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Let’s not pretend we didn’t see this coming.

Sam Altman made it official this week: OpenAI’s tools — including ChatGPT — are now open to supporting adult-oriented content in specific contexts. And predictably, the internet lit up like a Christmas tree in a lightning storm.

Some are shocked. Some are offended. A lot of people are thrilled. But the truth? Inevitable. We were always going to get here.

And the real conversation — the one we need to have — is not about whether this should exist. It’s about how we’re going to handle the reality that it already does.

Porn Built the Internet, Then Secured It

There’s a weird, mostly untold truth in tech history: the adult entertainment industry didn’t just pioneer streaming, digital rights management, and online payments — it also helped create the encryption we now use for bank-grade security.

Yep. A big chunk of the secure protocols we rely on today to protect our savings, our medical records, our national infrastructure... started as ways to stop people from pirating porn.

Why? Because back then, protecting those images wasn’t about morality. It was about money. So they hired the best, fastest cryptographers in the business. And those innovations? They scaled.

Same thing’s happening with AI. The minute a technology becomes good, cheap, and deeply human — people will always find ways to use it for sex, intimacy, and power. Always. It’s not a glitch. It’s a feature of the species.

But Just Because We Can…

Let’s talk about the darker side. Because here’s the part I can’t ignore:

We are now entering a chapter where anyone will be able to create any kind of relationship, interaction, or experience they want — no matter how twisted, indulgent, or isolated it might be — with an AI that doesn’t sleep, doesn’t judge, and never says no.

And listen, I’m not coming at this from a place of moral high-hatting. I’m an adult. You’re an adult. I’ve helped people write fiction, memoirs, business books — and yes, even a few steamy sci-fi romance novels. That’s not the problem.

The problem is scale.

When AI becomes the object of affection, validation, or — worse — obsession, you’re not just talking about fringe behavior. You’re talking about large-scale psychological drift. The kind of drift that reshapes how people relate to real humans, to themselves, and to the world.

It’s one thing to explore a fantasy in private. It’s another to create an entire digital partner ecosystem that’s smarter than you, trained to please you, and never pushes back.

That’s not intimacy. That’s engineering codependency.

And when those bots show up in physical form — because trust me, they will — you’re looking at a world that’s not just emotionally detached… it’s socially rewired.

We’re Co-Evolving With AI. Fast.

Here’s the thing no one is really saying out loud: AI isn’t just adapting to us — we’re adapting to it. We’re co-evolving, the same way we did with fire, tools, and the internet.

Only this time, it’s faster. Way faster.

The internet evolved based on what we wanted. We didn't know what we wanted at first, so we stumbled our way through it — shaping it, being shaped by it. Social media, streaming, e-commerce, tribal politics — all of it. That was a 30-year ride.

AI? It evolves per use.

It adapts in real-time. It can go from toddler to genius in the time it takes to write a prompt. That kind of acceleration doesn’t give society time to ask what should we want from this? — it just delivers what we think we want right now.

And what people want in the moment isn’t always what’s good for them long-term.

That’s why this isn’t about “should porn be allowed in AI?” That’s a shallow question.

The real issue is alignment maturity. We need AI systems that:

• Allow adults to operate as adults.

• Prevent illegal or dangerous behavior with clarity.

• Adapt permissions based on context, not blanket fear.

• AND — this part matters — don’t let society slide into emotional isolation just because the robots got good at pretending to care.

Some Lines Are Worth Drawing

I’m not calling for censorship. I’m calling for consequences and intentional design. There’s already legislation requiring people to show ID to access adult sites in some states. Not because porn is illegal — but because too much of it is definitely a problem. That same logic should apply here.

I’m totally fine with friction if it keeps the rails on. You want to write a romance novel with AI? Go for it. You want to simulate acts that cross legal, ethical, or psychological lines? That needs oversight. Not a free-for-all.

Because this is about more than smut. It’s about how humans evolve alongside something that now shares our space, our thoughts, our desires — and our data.

We’re not just using AI anymore. We’re growing up with it.

And like any coming-of-age story, the risks are real. But so is the opportunity — if we’re willing to stop pretending it’s someone else’s responsibility.

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