Deepfakes: The Dark Side of AI Ft. Dr. Clare McGlynn w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.Watch this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Clare McGlynn, Professor of Law at Durham University, whose work sits at the intersection of AI, image-based sexual abuse, pornography and digital rights.We discuss:How AI-generated deepfake pornography poses a serious  threat to women and girlsWhy "revenge porn" should be called image-based sexual abuseHow mainstream pornography is reshaping relationshipsWhy empathy is essential for survivors of online sexual violenceIf you’re a parent, guardian or educator concerned about the wellbeing of children and youth—you don't want to miss this conversation.00:00 Preview01:09 Episode introduction03:48 About Dr. Clare McGlynn05:45 Clare’s backstory08:43 What is “Image-based sexual abuse”?12:22 How does AI enable image-based sexual abuse—and what are the consequences?18:46 Clare’s book, Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back22:56 What happens when pornography becomes sex education?31:02 The campaign that criminalized AI deepfake pornography in the UK38:18 AI girlfriends, sex robots, and the future of human relationships41:39 Why online sexual violence should be treated as a public health crisis46:14 The role of empathy in justice for survivors of sexual violence49:41 Dr. Clare McGlynn's Purposeful Empathy storyEpisode #10 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua CONNECT WITH CLARE✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-mcglynn-32b898238/✩ Website https://www.claremcglynn.com/✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/claremcglynn_/ CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.socialCLARE’S WORK✩ Invisible No More: How AI Chatbots Are Reshaping Violence Against Women and Girls https://e87dab74-be98-4bb1-83c5-05251d2bc6f4.usrfiles.com/ugd/e87dab_06a7f0801de549689c294d42e0478a3c.pdf✩ Marginalizing feminism: debating extreme pornography laws in public and policy discourse https://tinyurl.com/3vjy5m7d SHOW NOTES✩ Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back https://tinyurl.com/2mwt3t39 ✩ Why Young Men are Turning Against Feminism https://www.americansurveycenter.org/newsletter/why-young-men-are-turning-against-feminism/✩ End Violence Against Women https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio