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Chelsey Weber-Smith

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424 total appearances

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Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

What's that?

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Yeah, I mean, even these thumbnails are horrific.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Like, there's a raccoon on its stomach getting an injection into its butt by a hot nurse.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

You know, it's like, whoa, what?

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

What is happening?

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

And I should have said that these are on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

I'm sure they're in other places, too.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

But this isn't just a YouTube thing the way that Elsagate was, right?

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Because TikTok wasn't.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

I mean, I don't know when TikTok came out, but it was not what it is today, at least.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

It's that id, man.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

It's like that's what it's targeting.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

And it's the same.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

We talked about this in the mobile game ads episode.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Same thing.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

And that is like just getting you to watch that video, download that, you know, download that app.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

And then they don't really care from there because they're getting paid for the ads.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

So it's like that's why we find those games being absolutely nothing like their wild ads that are often like.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

fetishization, like you said.

Panic World
Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

A lot more sexual in the mobile game ads sphere than this one, but there definitely is some more mild sexual stuff in these, but it's still there for sure.