AI in Healthcare September 16, 2021
Dave Pearson

The rate of harms to the mental and physical health of individuals who frequently use pornography is accelerating, and AI is playing a key role in driving porn addiction as well as “escalation to more violent material.”

That’s according to researchers with the Reward Foundation, an educational charity in the U.K. that’s accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners to train healthcare professionals about the risks of excess use of pornography.

Current Addiction Reports published their report Sept. 9.

In the paper, Mary Sharpe, the CEO of the foundation and an instructor at Lucy Cavendish College of the University of Cambridge, and Dr. Darryl Mead, chair of the foundation’s board, describe two prime ways AI has contributed to pornography’s...

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