Researchers afraid that AI clips of violent vegetables ‘could radicalise children’

Researchers worried of the rise in violent AI videos on TikTok

This is part of a rise of AI generated content of varying fruits and vegetables playing out melodramatic romance, betrayals and scandal plots.

However, a new ‘sub-genre’ of these AI videos has been worrying researcher due to its sheer violence.

The rise of violent AI content depicts these anthropomorphic foods carrying messages from extremist organisations, such as Islamic State (IS) group. 

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) said in a report: “Violence-based AI slops (low-quality, mass-produced digital content) reinforce a fascination with violence for violence’s sake.

"More concerning, however, is the escalation from absurdist AI-generated drama into explicitly graphic content.

"The radicalising potential of this content does not necessarily lie in ideological messaging alone.

“The normalisation of cruelty, emotional numbness and algorithmically amplified shock culture.”

GNET added in their report that "the transition from harmless surreal humour to graphic AI gore reflects a broader dynamic of online radicalisation."

Experts from GNET, a research backed by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), aim to report and reduce the effects of radicalisation through content posted on social media.

Experts are concerned that the rise of radical AI content may progressively gain ground among kids and teenagers within the digital space. 

What do the AI generated videos depict? 

The study found that the violent videos depict animated foods committing murder and executions, often linked to a criminal group.

In one instance, a carrot that is linked to the Islamic State (IS) group makes a potato explode.

Another video portrays a carrot dubbed ‘Carrot Khalifa’ telling his army “the Carrot State will rise again”, which experts say evokes slogans used by IS groups.

A researcher says: "Food violence-based material empowered by AI is easily accessible.

He adds that the videos put “minors and youth at risk of inadvertently consuming graphic or disturbing content.”

This content is replicable, easy to consume and of course, can be mass produced. 

TikTok has been called on to set up ‘countermeasures’ to limit the AI-generated content.

The social media platform has been approached for comments on the rise of these violent AI animated videos.