New York, Aug 25 (PTI) – “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega says she had a disturbing experience with artificial intelligence as a teenager when she came across altered pornographic images of herself, which prompted her to delete her X-account and be wary of new technology.
During a conversation on the New York Times podcast “The Interview,” the 21-year-old said it was a “terrifying” time for her.
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“I hate artificial intelligence. Did I enjoy opening a Twitter account at 14 because I was supposed to and seeing dirty, edited content of myself as a child? No. It’s horrifying. It’s corrupt. It’s wrong,” she said.
Ortega recalled receiving a direct message (DM) on X (formerly Twitter) at age 12 along with “an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals.”
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“I used to have this Twitter account and I was told, ‘Oh, you have to do it, you have to build your image.’ I finally deleted it about two or three years ago because there was so much going on after the show – these absurd images and photos, and I was already so confused that I just deleted it.”
The actress, who will next be seen in “Beetlejuice,” said the entire experience left her feeling “disgusting and uncomfortable.”
“That’s why I deleted it, because I couldn’t say anything without seeing something like that. One day I just woke up and thought, oh, I don’t need this anymore. So I dropped it.”
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