""When I see people responding in a way that it is real, I'm hoping that they understand it's not real and that they're choosing to role-play or to accept that it's a fantasy, the same way you'd form a parasocial relationship with a character from a video game or a TV show.""
""I feel like my job as the creator behind it is to indulge in that and allow them to feel like they're part of it.""
Jae Young Joon, an AI-generated influencer, has over 320,000 Instagram followers. He shares content like sheet mask trials and music promotions, including his LP Pressure Release. Despite disclosing his artificial nature in his bio, many followers engage with him as if he were real. Luc Thierry, the creator, acknowledges the fantasy aspect and aims to indulge followers' desires for connection. Surprisingly, Jae's audience is predominantly female, and Thierry collaborates with other creators targeting a similar demographic.
Read at WIRED
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