Why millions watch AI fruits have affairs on TikTok

If you’ve spent a lot of time on TikTok lately, you may have noticed a strange new breed of AI brain rot taking over: fruit dramas.

These AI-generated short dramas feature strange-looking anthropomorphic fruit characters who engage in a range of ethically problematic behaviors. For example, many storylines are based on affairs, racist attitudes and the sexual assault of female characters.

At first glance, the videos seem so bizarre and grotesque that it’s hard to take them seriously. Until you realize they have hundreds of millions of views. An account called ai.cinema021, which hosts a parody series called “ Fruit Love IslandShe has more than three million followers.

This content is, at best, a water-guzzling affront to the art of animation and, at worst, an active contribution to the normalization of racism and misogyny. Why does it have so many fans?

Using the brain’s reward system

These videos exploit core features of human psychology. Combined with addictive potential