This is hardly a surprising development:
CONSENT MATTERS Women are being asked to record ‘consent videos’ before sex by men who are afraid they’ll be accused of rape or assault
The idea is obvious. The fact that such videos will likely prove futile is less obvious, but still true. The only way a “consent video” could truly fill the purpose of proving that an encounter was indeed entirely consensual would be if the video covered the entire event not just from beginning to end, but beyond. The likelihood of this being agreed upon seems low. However, I suspect the future will hold both technological and cultural shifts that will make this sort of thing a reality: 24/7 nonstop recording of your entire life. The failed “Google Glass” experiment might have served as an early test of a camera that you would wear at all times and record your entire life. Sure, that sounds pretty creepy… but I consider that such a thing may well be as inevitable as mandatory autonomous cars in certain areas. But then… the “Deep Fakes” AI-created videos of the future will take a giant dump on this, as fake videos will be easily produced showing someone giving consent when they didn’t, and assaults happening that didn’t.
Of course, there is a better answer: keep it in your pants until there is sufficient trust int he relationship that a “consent video” wouldn’t be needed. Heck, if I thought chances were reasonable that someone would file a fraudulent assault complaint against me, I’d stay a minimum of ten yards away from ’em at all times. But hell, let’s face it: AIDS and the threat of *death* didn’t make that happen. It seems that the Mike Pence Rule, long mocked by many on the Left and so difficult to put into practice for so many men, would be advisable.
This sort of thing will only help speed along development of fully functional Marylin Monrobots.