An artificial intelligence character posing as a Chinese healing monk has amassed roughly 2.4 million followers across social media in about three months, later directing that audience toward digital products that appear to be entirely AI generated. Operating under the names Yang Mun and Yangmug, the account began appearing on Facebook and TikTok in October ... Read more
I am speaking from inside my own bubble, but I’ve seen non-techy acquaintances reduce social media usage thanks to it being filled with AI generated content and had hopes for a better future. Now reading that article and mention of 2,5m users following this account shattered that hope.
The followers are probably also “AI”.
I hope so too. For sure there are, but hopefully it’s the majority.