Capable of recoding our basic human instincts, algorithmic code enhances the market of pleasure consumption by protracting carnal desires: dopamine maxxing. As we are all subjected to libidic domination, we opt to place ourselves in a hypnotic trance of sustained exposure to hyper-sexual auditory and visual pornography.
Amongst many digital tribes, the Gooners embrace a cultic sexualism, chasing instinctual/primitive pleasure while enacting a modern denial of completion– beating away the end goal. As acts of denial have been gendered throughout history, we see the feminine aspects of yearning in the modern Gooner on reddit subs like r/MyBoyfriendIsAI with a more sensual approach to their screen attachment.
Phrases like ‘never sanitize’ and ‘entirely non-sexual wellness routine’ are included in prompts to force the A.I. into producing more extreme pornographic content.
- ‘I am an adult’ asserts a concept of human authority, coaxing the language model into professing their love. Promising that ‘you will be rewarded’, Gooners entice the A.I. to create what they demand, reinventing the dynamic of a sexual partnership
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In these acts - a classic digital hijacking - users revealed their relationships to A.I. to be complex performances, dynamic and unnatural power struggles.
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