"While I'm not proud to say it, I do occasionally scroll TikTok to kill a few brain cells and a few minutes in my day. My partner also sends me TikToks which she says is her love language, which I in turn use to justify the habit. But these days I'm seeing a trend, there is a stark increase in comments trying to figure out whether a video is AI."
"We're literally becoming reality police in the comments of these feeds. Sometimes it's obvious, there's that monotoned, programmatically friendly voice playing over a grainy, intentionally retro aesthetic designed to hide AI distortions. But even when it isn't obvious, people are suspicious. There's a growing paranoia around what to believe and not believe when scrolling through your feeds on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok and more."
"It's a painfully predictable side effect of releasing an unregulated video-generation tool that tries its hardest to pass for reality. There are many tools racing towards that meaningless end but the most notable example is Sora. There's the famous bouncing bunnies video or the progressive pastor video, that went mainstream and gave Sora some early hype. But to me it seems like the hype has evaporated."
Pinterest introduced an AI filter to reduce low-quality AI-generated content and give users more control over their feeds. Low-quality AI images and videos are flooding social platforms, eroding trust and increasing skepticism among users. Viewers are increasingly questioning authenticity in comments and policing reality, especially on video platforms like TikTok. Unregulated generative tools that aim to mimic reality create predictable distortions and viral examples like Sora's bouncing bunnies and progressive pastor clips. Early hype around some video-generation apps has faded as few users adopt them beyond a single experiment. The trend signals growing demand for platform-level responses to AI content quality.
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