How Facebook became a wasteland of AI spam | The Big Story

Have you met Shrimp Jesus yet? He's Jesus, only a shrimp. Or maybe a half-man, half-shrimp. Anyway...he's the most recognizable example of thousands upon thousands of bizarre AI-created images that are flooding Facebook's algorithm and its users feeds. These images go viral because the algorithm boosts them, because other Facebook accounts are engaging with them. But who, exactly, is engaging with these random fake images? And why? The answer tells a story that will give you a whole new perspective on just how many people on the world's largest social media platform are, well, actually humans. GUEST: Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media, cohost of the 404 Media podcast Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/20893704?utm_source=youtube