> "This is absolutely terrifying," Katelyn Bowden, founder and CEO of revenge porn activism organization Badass, told Motherboard. "Now anyone could find themse

> "This is absolutely terrifying," Katelyn Bowden, founder and CEO of revenge porn activism organization Badass, told Motherboard. "Now anyone could find themselves a victim of revenge porn, without ever having taken a nude photo. This tech should not be available to the public." Or maybe the opposite? The transition to ubiquitous deep fakes will be very jarring to those who haven't been paying attention. In time, the shock value (and indeed interest) should fade into obscurity. Pop stars upset about appearing in one of these deep fakes should be much more horrified about another possibility: eventually their talents will no longer be needed at all because it will be possible to produce content free of human placeholders and much more effective at generating money.