Slop.

From the snippets of interviews I've seen, it seems like his entire personality is insecurity about whether his numbers are going up fast enough. So he'd be very aware of this sort of thing.

Everything I've heard about him suggests that he's a completely hollow and cynical shell of a person who compulsively tries to maximize his revenue/brand value and I've even heard he becomes distressed if he's ever not doing that. He's extremely rigorous about fiddling with engagement optimization shit as a result of that, so he has to be aware of exactly what he's doing: this isn't someone chasing their interests or dreams or hunting ego validation or trying to support a luxurious lifestyle, this is a clearly unwell man making himself into a scientifically optimized slop maximizer because he has to be doing that and can't actually enjoy things or relax ever.

I think you have to be self-aware to see the meteoric rise he’s had. While luck is certainly a factor, the reason he’s stayed at where he is, is due to a ruthless optimization of his content. That requires a bit of cold analysis.

That doesn’t make him a good person. In many ways it makes him the opposite, but I do think he thinks quite a bit about his content and the medium.

No one interrupt me while going through the emotional and psychological journey that is Ow! My balls!

Well, think about this on the aggregate. Search tells me that people watch 1 billion hours worth of content on Youtube every day. Videos with millions or tens of millions of views don't reach that point because of thoughtful engagement. Then you have to correct for videos that aim at a particular demographic, like children and teens and people who think MrBeast is doing good for the world. They might as well watch slop before falling asleep or while reheating leftovers.

It's like Google inserting Gemini into every search. Search just collages information from websites. Websites that pay google to get privileged access to search results. That money comes from ad revenue. If Gemini actually catches on, then you're not cutting the middlemen. You're consuming the entire production chain like a snake eating its own tail.

With AI entertainment there's the risk of the internet just dying off as the ecosystem that allowed people to make a living - however meagre - just disappears and moves on. The bet there is that you don't need people any more.

I think most people dont want to, but like that they just produce this ai slop like crazy, so that it is drowning out the real stuff, while it can be also hard to tell what is ai and what is not...

Whenever I see futurism I think of the Mussolini buttplug

I only know of futurism as an art movement, what connection does it have to fascism?

I think the type of people who watch Mr Beast don't care enough to check. As long as it's not obvious I bet it would slide.

Yeah, isn't his whole appeal "I did the biggest thing"?

mrbeast videos have kind of changed and now they are like different and appear rather scripted just saying.. i mean it is still real stuff but also like narrated and a bit weird