I need husband: AI beauty standards, fascism and the proliferation of bot driven content
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-025-02491-8
This paper by @minxdragon is well written, IMHO. It draws together observations on a range of topics and contemporary social/political trends that may appear on superficial examination to be unconnected. This research does an excellent job of digging deeper, and revealing their interconnected nature, and the underlying mechanisms and motivations at play.
"I wanted to see if interacting with AI slop on Facebook would have a similar effect. To that end I created a Facebook account and liked the pages responsible for the “I need a Husband” posts. I started seeing signs of alt-right content within 24 h and in less than a week the account was algorithmically served pornographic posts, misogyny, racism, military AI slop and religious propaganda. I particularly noticed the chain letter style of Christianity posts, with a white AI Jesus imploring viewers to like, comment, share and subscribe to the videos to receive blessings and wealth."
#AI #GenerativeAI #MaleGaze #AISlop
#AltRightPipeline #Fascism #Misogyny #Racism #Sexism #IronyPoisoning #Facebook #ShrimpJesus
