{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/69be5a5b62f6c66afef4052a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Weekend Intelligence: Screwed by AI?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1774082554209-e80a2dd5-a098-41c7-b8b2-8911b88208db.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>At one of the stands displaying AI-powered sex dolls at the Adult Video Network expo, there is a robot holding a handwritten sign saying, “You can do anything to me.”&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>For generations, criticism of the porn industry has focused on the treatment of performers. But in the age of AI, the users of porn are more vulnerable than ever.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Economist’s </em>Avantika Chilkoti travels to the Oscars of porn to find out how AI is changing the industry—and what it might mean for all of us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:</p><ul><li>AI&nbsp;</li><li>Adult sex industry</li><li>Intimacy and relationships</li><li>Humanoid robots</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Links to articles:</p><ul><li>Chinese humanoid robots</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/02/18/chinas-humanoids-are-dazzling-the-world-who-will-buy-them\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.economist.com/business/2026/02/18/chinas-humanoids-are-dazzling-the-world-who-will-buy-them</a>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Avantika's reporting <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/27/ai-is-upending-the-porn-industry\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/27/ai-is-upending-the-porn-industry</a> and <a href=\"https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/19/the-new-economics-of-sex-work\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/19/the-new-economics-of-sex-work</a></li><li>David Foster Wallace <a href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/297476001/David-Foster-Wallace-Big-Red-Son\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.scribd.com/doc/297476001/David-Foster-Wallace-Big-Red-Son</a> </li></ul>","author_name":"The Economist"}