In a world steeped in violence and menace, we are constantly being told by the people in charge not to worry. Don’t worry about all those powerful creeps getting away with abusing young women exploited by Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t worry about the president threatening to unilaterally set the rules for state elections – Congress be damned. And now we are told not to worry about safeguards for artificial intelligence (AI), the most spine-tingling technology ever created. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has welcomed AI erotica, saying he wants to ‘treat adult users like adults’.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2026 12:42 UTC