The Appeal of Knowing Nothing’s Real
Here’s my hot take: I like the idea of walking into a feed that I know is 100% fake. Because you know what that means? No one poured 20 gallons of ketchup on their kitchen counter trying to make a 10-second skit that really wasn't that funny. No one risked their life on a rooftop “challenge” trying to get likes. No one was harassed on the street by a wannabe prankster with a ring light. No one forced their dog to howl for the 50th time today because the views aren't what they used to be.
It’s all make-believe. It's all a dream. It's a safe little circus where the only thing at stake is how weird the AI decides to get today.
The problem with AI on TikTok or YouTube right now isn’t the AI content itself - it’s the uncertainty. You don’t know what’s fake, what’s staged, what’s AI. You can’t trust your eyes, which makes everything feel slimy. But if you open a feed like Vibes or Sora 2, you’re opting into the simulation. You know going in that nothing’s real. And honestly? That’s kind of freeing.
You know what it is? It's interdimensional cable. It's weird, it's detached and it has nothing to do with your actual life. It's pure escapism and I think I want to try it.
The Big Question: Will It Be Any Good?
Of course, the real question is: will this stuff actually be worth watching?
No, obviously it's going to be really… REALLY bad.
but give it a while.
AI right now is brilliant at short bursts of surreal nonsense - kittens kneading bread in a bakery, a rabbit with a briefcase jumping on a trampoline, a knife cutting through diamond like it was a loaf of bread. it's mindless and strangely satisfying, But can it keep you scrolling for hours? Can it deliver funny, moving, weird in ways that don’t just feel like reruns of the same five prompts?
The promise of these feeds isn’t just endless content - it’s personalized content. Upvote this, skip that, and over time the AI starts tailoring a feed just for you. That’s both exciting and terrifying. Imagine your buddy’s feed is full of AI sports bloopers while yours is wall-to-wall space opera parodies with talking raccoons. Social media won’t just be “niche” anymore. It’ll be parallel universes.
The OpenAI Wild Card: Using Your Face
Where Meta seems to be aiming for goofy fun, OpenAI’s rumored Sora 2 app has a creepier angle. According to reports, you’ll have to verify your identity with facial recognition (great start, we just LOVE surveillance, don't we?) - and then your likeness can be used in AI videos. Other people can even tag you into their creations. To that I say… yikes. That's a terrible idea and I hope they decide to drop that option before it even launches.
Yes, there are supposed to be safeguards. No, it probably won’t stop people from finding ways to push boundaries and turn this into an identity theft nightmare. Deepfake protections are already shaky, and building them into a social app sounds like a lawsuit farm waiting to happen. Let's keep this in the realms of cute and funny fever dreams and not jump straight into stealing each other's faces.
Final Thought
Look, I’m not saying we should all move into the uncanny valley tomorrow. This is all probably a horrible idea just like we think it is - But I also don’t think we need to clutch our pearls every time Meta or OpenAI drops an all-AI experiment. If it sucks, nobody will watch it. If it’s good, maybe it becomes its own weird corner of the internet.
The key is separation. Don’t mix AI feeds with human feeds. Keep the real stuff real, and let the AI stuff be proudly fake. Because in a world where you can’t tell what’s real anymore, sometimes it’s nice to walk through the door marked: “None of this is real. Just enjoy the ride.”
