The newest trend on social media involves AI ‘time travelers’ interrupting classic Vines, leaving netizens feeling both confused and horrified.
If you’ve been scrolling through your For You Page on TikTok recently, chances are you’ve stumbled upon some familiar Vines that have a surprising and unsettling ending.
Many people are acquainted with Vines, the popular six-second video clips that gained popularity in the 2010s and can often be found in a ten-minute compilation on YouTube.
It has become a trend on TikTok for these vines to resurface, but with a surprising twist. The endings of these vines, which are usually ingrained in the memories of millennials, now have nonsensical twists that extend the short-form videos by a few seconds.
@xzd_tiktok someone needs to stop this #vine #fypシ゚viral #meme #timetravel #viral #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp ♬ MARKING TIME, WAITING FOR DEATH – Shiro SAGISU
This latest trend utilizes AI technology to “intervene”in the clips, with the overarching concept being that individuals from the future are traveling back in time to prevent these Vines from gaining widespread popularity.
The current craze on TikTok is completely dominating, with some of the outcomes being incredibly comical while others are quite disturbing.
The earliest documented occurrence of this phenomenon surfaced on TikTok on June 15, 2024 when a user known as ‘yourbirthcertificate’ disrupted King Bach’s popular ‘big spoon’ Vine sketch by featuring a random man sprinting into the frame.
@yourbirthcertificate DON’T BELIEVE HIM | (ORIGINAL) #kingbach #onlyaspoonful #meme #ai #fyp ♬ original sound – YourBirthCertificate
Ever since, the trend has spread like wildfire, motivating users from all corners of the platform to recreate popular Vines. The majority of these content creators are utilizing Luma AI, also referred to as the ‘Dream Machine’ – resulting in videos that feel like bizarre dreams.
One of the most well-known AI Vine videos is a parody of the viral “What’s nine plus ten?” Vine. In this video, the cameraman poses a math question to a young boy, only to be interrupted by a shadowy figure emerging from the background accompanied by eerie music, resembling a scene from a horror film.
Despite its current popularity, numerous commenters are pointing out the potential confusion that the upcoming generations may face due to this modern interpretation of traditional internet humor.
One viewer expressed concern on TikTok that the AI Vines will create confusion for the younger generation.
Furthermore, some are acknowledging that Vine is experiencing a resurgence in a completely unexpected manner… Despite TikTok’s immense popularity as a social media platform, Vine persistently finds means to survive with its unforgettable comedic content even after its demise.
In 2022, Elon Musk, the CEO of both Twitter and X, hinted at the possibility of reviving Vine after acquiring Twitter. There were reports of X’s engineers actively working on a Vine reboot, but there has been no significant progress towards making this revival a reality.
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