Tia Billinger has been in the news a lot recently, with the adult film star better known as Bonnie Blue currently facing potential deportation or up to 15 years in prison due to a controversial trip to Bali.
Having left a career in the National Health Service behind, Billinger started as a webcam model and claimed she made over $10,000 in her first month alone before she turned to OnlyFans. Bonnie Blue has become especially prominent among the younger generation due to her 'schoolies' videos that typically feature Australian men (aged 18 or 19) who've just left high school.
LADbible's 'For F**k's Sake' campaign recently confirmed that 77% of Gen Z internet users (covering those aged 13 to 28) will admit to watching pornography, with 60% of daily viewers saying it’s shaped their expectations of sex in real life. It's this same demographic that's often featured in Billinger's content.
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Billinger has used her social media presence to grow her follower numbers while promoting her 'Bang Bus' tour that was banned from Australia, but as she took it to Bali, she was apprehended on charges of creating pornographic content – something that would go against Indonesia's strict morality laws.
A video appeared to show Billinger in high spirits as she broke her silence on the situation in Bali, but away from her legal wranglings, she's also spoken out on the future of artificial intelligence.
While we might associate AI discussions with the likes of the so-called Godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, Billinger has shared her thoughts as a number of fake videos featuring her have made their way online
Writing in The Spectator, the actress explained: "There are loads of AI videos of me. In some, I’m in a mosque. In others, I’ve converted to Islam. There are lots of me giving birth. I find them funny."
A quick search of the internet shows that there are plenty of convincing AI recreations of Bonnie Blue online, but is it a fear for the original article?
Unlike a number of high-profile actors sharing their concerns about the creation of Tilly Noorwood as Hollywood's first AI actor, this isn't something Bonnie Blue is worried about.
Even though 'adult entertainment star' isn't often mentioned in the same breath as jobs that are most at risk of being replaced by AI, Billinger isn't convinced that she'll be out of work anytime soon.
The defiant internet personality concluded: "If your job is remote, of course, AI is a concern, but a big part of what I do is having sex in person. You can’t replicate that with AI, so I’m not worried."
While Bonnie Blue states elsewhere that she's "not knowledgeable about politics," it seems the AI boom hasn't gone unnoticed by her.
Her mention of remote workers being at risk aligns with alarming reports that translators, customer service representatives, and web developers are among those most at risk. Even if Tilly Noorwood is knocking at Hollywood's door, it doesn't sound like she's giving Billinger any sleepless nights.