@ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down19
arrow-up1484arrow-down1external-linkAn AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cardswww.pcgamer.com@ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-square@cygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink94•1 year agoSo… 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-square@fidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoNo 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!