I have noticed people on the subway watching them. I sneaked a peak on a few of their phones and it was legit AI slop with clear signs (for me at least) that it was AI generated. The end user (viewer?) seemed hooked but they are mostly shorts (10-20sec videos) and you can see their fingers swiping to the next one.
The other day my mother told me if I watched some random AI slop (Putin getting in a physical fight with Trump) and I asked her why she watches this stuff and her answer is that it comes up in her feed. She said it was funny.
I'm observing this with my dad. He watched some genuine history documentaries on YouTube, and now the feed keeps showing him AI slop history videos. You know the type: an hour long, overdramatic AI voice with pronunciation issues, barely relevant stock footage, loads of factual mistakes and nonsensical sentences, epic Hollywood music on a loop...
He knows it's crap, keeps making fun of the horrible AI voice, shaking his head about all the vapid bullshit it's saying, and yet, he keeps watching them.
The other day my mother told me if I watched some random AI slop (Putin getting in a physical fight with Trump) and I asked her why she watches this stuff and her answer is that it comes up in her feed. She said it was funny.
I don't know what to make of any of this.