Wake up, babe, new viral AI video generator dropped. This time, it’s not OpenAI’s Sora mannequin within the highlight, it’s Google’s Veo 3, which was introduced on Tuesday through the firm’s annual I/O keynote. Naturally, individuals are desirous to see what chaos Veo 3 can wreak, and the outcomes have been, properly, chaotic. We’ve obtained disjointed Michael Bay fodder, speaking muffins, self-aware AI sims, puppy-centric pharmaceutical adverts—the checklist goes on.
One factor that I hold seeing time and again, nevertheless, is—to place it bluntly—AI slop, and a really particular selection. For no matter cause, all of you appear to be completely hellbent on getting Veo to conjure up a torrent of smooth-brain YouTube content material. The worst half is that this factor is definitely form of good at cranking it out, too. Don’t imagine me? Here are the receipts.
You can barely inform this iPhone unboxing is not actual pic.twitter.com/vfZ2lUoliZ
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) May 21, 2025
Is this 100% convincing? No. No, it’s not. At a look, although, most individuals wouldn’t be capable to inform the distinction in the event that they’re simply scrolling by way of their social feed mindlessly as one does once they’re utilizing actually any social media website/app. Unboxing not slicing it for you? Well, don’t fear, we’ve obtained some man-on-the-street slop on your viewing pleasure. Sorry, hawk-tuah woman, it’s the singularity’s flip to capitalize on viral fame.
2. Stand-up comedy telling a humorous joke that by no means occurred
— Min Choi (@minchoi) May 22, 2025
Again, Veo’s technology just isn’t good by any means, but it surely’s not precisely unconvincing, both. And there’s extra dangerous information: Your Twitch-like smooth-brain content material isn’t secure both. Here’s one among a picture-in-picture-style “Fortnite” stream that simulates gameplay and every thing. I say “Fortnite” in scare quotes as a result of that is simply an AI illustration of what Fortnite appears like, not the actual factor. Either method, the one factor worse than senseless recreation streams is arguably senseless recreation streams that by no means even occurred. And to be trustworthy, the thought of simulating a simulation makes my mind really feel achey, so for that cause alone, I’m going to onerous move.
Uhhh… I do not suppose Veo 3 is meant to be producing Fortnite gameplay pic.twitter.com/bWKruQ5Nox
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) May 21, 2025
Listen, I’m not making an attempt to be an alarmist right here. In the grand scheme of issues, AI-generated YouTube, Twitch, or TikTok chum isn’t going to harm anybody, precisely, but it surely additionally doesn’t paint a rosy portrait of our AI-generated future. If there’s one factor we don’t want extra of, it’s filler. Social media, with out AI getting into the equation, is already largely junk, and it does make one marvel what the outcomes of widespread generative video will actually be in the long run. Maybe I’ll wind up with AI-generated egg on my face, and video turbines like Flow, Google’s “AI filmmaker,” might be a watershed product for actual creators, however I’ve my doubts.
At the very least, I’d prefer to see some safeguards if video technology goes to go mainstream. As innocent as AI slop is perhaps, the flexibility to generate pretty convincing video isn’t one which needs to be taken evenly. There’s clearly big potential for misinformation and propaganda, and if all it takes to assist mitigate that’s watermarking movies created in Veo 3, then it seems like a simple first step. For now, we’ll simply must take the explosion of Veo 3-enabled content material with a spoonful of molasses, as a result of there’s a whole lot of slop to get to, and this is perhaps simply the primary course.
