Jenna Ortega ’s dislike of artificial intelligence stems from being sent “repulsive” explicit doctored photos of herself as a child star. “I hate A.I.
I mean, here’s the thing: A.I. could be used for incredible things,” Ortega, 21, told The New York Times in an interview published on Saturday, August 24.
“I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That’s beautiful. Let’s keep it to that.
” However, there is also a dark side to the technology. She added, “Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty, edited content of me as a child? No. It’s terrifying.
It’s corrupt. It’s wrong. It’s disgusting.
” Ortega rose to fame with roles on the likes of Jane the Virgin and Disney Channel’s Stuck in the Middle when she was a preteen. Around the same time, she received her first-ever DM. “The first [direct message] that I ever opened myself when I was 12 was an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals, and that was just the beginning of what was to come,” Ortega told the newspaper.
“I used to have [a] Twitter account and I was told that, ‘Oh, you got to do it, you got to build your image.’” According to Ortega, she would use her social media pages to make political or personal statements that soon spawned NSFW messages and images in response. Receiving unsolicited photos and doctored image.