If you've recently come across short videos (Reels) on Instagram or Facebook, you might have noticed a strange phenomenon: a large number of AI-generated "miracle doctors" or "spiritual gurus" are creating miracles in bulk. These videos showcase various exaggerated and uncomfortable "strange diseases" and quickly cure them with so-called "divine power" within seconds.
In accounts such as "Mystery Hub," there are hundreds of edited videos: they show deformed legs, abscessed tumors, or other extremely graphic visual content. Then, an AI priest in luxurious clothing prays, and in a golden light effect, the patient's wound disappears instantly, even allowing them to throw away their crutches and dance gracefully.
The typical patterns of these "AI Slop" include:
Extreme Visual Impact: Using AI to generate highly impactful, even repulsive images of diseases (such as limbs covered in foreign objects) to keep users watching.
Absurd Healing Process: Picking out large amounts of dollars, wine, or even live fish from a swollen abdomen. In a video with over 150,000 views, influencer Jake Paul also became material for AI creation, being "cured" by a "miracle doctor" who pulled out a pile of things from his stomach.
Targeting Middle-Aged and Elderly Audiences: Pages such as "ForvaStar comics" with 1.5 million followers are hotspots for this type of content. In the comments section, many users (or bots) continuously send "Amen" or prayer emojis, seemingly unaware that the content is entirely fabricated by AI.
Analysts point out that the reason this kind of content is rampant is because Meta's algorithm recommendation system still provides traffic support for these high-interaction, high-controversy "digital garbage." Although the content is absurd and deceptive, the accounts behind it have monetized through massive view counts. This not only pollutes the social media platform's ecosystem but also poses a huge challenge to the public's ability to discern real information.
