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In August 2022 an image model was released with its workings out in the open, and the cost of making an erotic picture dropped to almost nothing. This is a cultural history of what happened next, and of the long run-up that made it possible.
It goes from the old economics of sexual images, through Flickr and DeviantArt, to the odd world of model checkpoints, LoRAs and Civitai. Then it takes on the harms and the law in Britain, the US and Europe, and ends with the AI influencer who posts every morning and doesn't exist.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (209 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.
In August 2022 an image model was released with its workings out in the open, and the cost of making an erotic picture dropped to almost nothing. This is a cultural history of what happened next, and of the long run-up that made it possible.
It goes from the old economics of sexual images, through Flickr and DeviantArt, to the odd world of model checkpoints, LoRAs and Civitai. Then it takes on the harms and the law in Britain, the US and Europe, and ends with the AI influencer who posts every morning and doesn't exist.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (209 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.