> Isn't the entire reason people pick OF over traditional porn is they get to have a personal connection with the performer? DMs, custom requests etc.?

Hm...

I assume custom requests would either happen realtime-- in which case it's not currently possible to substitute AI video output-- or asynchronously-- in which case the proof of personal connection eventually happens during a future realtime video stream.

If the customer is paying for DM'ing during times when the person isn't streaming, I'm having a hard time imagining why it would matter whether AI is used or not. Well, at least if the quality is decent enough for what I imagine are rather terse, domain-specific DMs. :)

> what I imagine are rather terse, domain-specific DMs

You'd be surprised. A lot of men really do just have no-one to talk to.

AI isn't replacing a personal connection with the performer here. The baseline case for OnlyFans messages is that they go to a paid phone sex operator who the performer hires to manage messages.

People should know if they talk to a bot or a human. This goes for only-fans, customer service, anything. A human pressing a "send" button does not change anything. But disclosing it would hurt the specific business, right? So it matters to something for someone. I respect AI-companion apps like replika much more than this.

They should also know if they're talking to the actual content creator, or an operator paid to pretend to be them.

Which is not the case currently, you think you're talking to your favorite porn actress but you're talking to some dude in India pretending to be her and trying to sell you "exclusive content" (i.e. prerecorded videos from a catalog).

Some people just subscribe for the content. I've long preferred the type of porn available on OF or Chaturbate over the traditional stuff.

Not only that, but CB/MFC is preferable to Tinder. The technology to fake it, to catfish it, doesn't exist yet -- at least the video part. Chat is another matter.