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Topics: TikTok, Social Media, Artificial intelligence, Life
Madison Burgess
A mukbang clip has gone viral on social media for a very surprising reason - and people are seriously creeped out after finding out the truth behind it.
Combining a good yap and lots of food, the mukbang, a social media trend which originated in South Korea, has been a staple of the internet for years, with videos earning huge numbers of views on platforms like TikTok and YouTube.
For those unfamiliar with the concept, it simply involves a creator filming themselves eating large quantities of food while talking to the camera.
Sometimes, there’s even an ASMR element involved as the person filming will make exaggerated eating sounds - a nightmare for some, but the views don’t lie, it works!
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But, one mukbang video that’s been doing the rounds online is different from the rest and has sparked concern online.
What if we told you the entire video was AI?
That’s right, this clip that’s gone viral of what seems like a woman tucking into some fried chicken, is entirely fabricated and she doesn’t exist.
The video was posted on TikTok under the username @jazmmmmmmmm, with the account owner describing themselves as an AI creator.
It has quickly racked up more than 1.5 million views and made its way onto other social media platforms, like Twitter - and people are not holding back on their opinions.
A similar clip of an AI woman inhaling an entire lobster claw has also been thrown into the mix as these types of fake videos seem to be on the up.
One user quipped on Twitter: “Ai gonna be crazy in a few years” bro ts looks real now,” while another wrote: “This is fascinating but also a bit unsettling. Really makes you wonder where the line between real and AI content will be in a year from now.”
Someone else chimed in with: “When everyone was using AI to make AI pics of themselves on those apps .. it was really collecting data , features, looks and etc to do this with it.”
Another user wrote: “ai is getting WAY too good bruh - the only tell is that she ate the bone.”
Meanwhile, other users have criticised the clip for seemingly playing into racial stereotypes.
One wrote: "Y'all don’t find it weird that ai can replicate a damn lip combo and a southern BLACCENT and black mannerisms to make a fake black person??? This s*** not spooky??"
Another added: “Artificial blackface has bothered me for some time now tbh.”
While someone else said: “Something incredibly sinister behind AI generating a woman to eat racial stereotyped foods and say things to trigger discourse and gender war fighting. Just evil evil evil.”