There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos

From female fruit being fart-shamed or even sexually assaulted, there’s a misogynistic undercurrent to the fruit slop microdramas, even as they appear to be cultivating genuine fans.

Over the past five days, an Instagram account called FruitvilleGossip has racked up more than 300,000 views on a series of videos called Fruit Paternity Court.

Featuring a cast of AI fruit characters, the entirely AI-generated show pits a clementine mother of a baby tangerine against his prospective parent Mr. Mike the mango. Then Dr. Lime delivers an envelope containing the results of a DNA test to the judge: Mr. Mike is not the father.

“Idk why I’m invested in the lives of these fruit people,” says one comment. But they aren’t alone. “Come on last episode please drop it tonight we need it,” begs another.

Across viral AI fruit videos, which have overtaken many social media feeds over ...