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📣 consumer451

How far are we from a TikTok-style app with 100% ML generated content?


This idea came up on Reddit recently. [0]

I have been thinking about it ever since. Some questions I have:

Do you see this happening?

Would people use such an app, if they knew it was "AI?"

Should something like this be allowed to exist, or would it be considered something bad for society, like smoking? (I assume it would not be banned)

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/10o07ov/at_some_point_there_will_be_a_tiktoklike_app_with/


  👤 andsoitis Accepted Answer ✓
> Would people use such an app, if they knew it was AI?

The point of UGC is that it is... generated by users. If some amount is generated by AI and then humans can riff on it, I think people would use it. But if all content is generated by non-humans, humans would probably not care as much. Participation is the key, not mere passive consumption.


👤 moistly
If it entertains, distracts, or zombifies the viewer, they will watch it obsessively, regardless the originator. The masses love their soma.